Wildlifeof India
Silver-backed Needletail
Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts
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Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Basic stats
Diet
Invertebrates
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Range
Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan
The silver-backed needletail is a swift found in Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan, and a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is short and gives no description, measurements or breeding information, and does not describe where it occurs in India. SoIB 2023 lists it as a summer migrant of forest that eats invertebrates and does not assign a priority category (SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the Silver-backed Needletail eat?
- Invertebrates
- What habitat does the Silver-backed Needletail live in?
- Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
- Where is the Silver-backed Needletail found?
- Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan