Species profile—Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Apodidae (swifts and swiftlets) → Hirundapus caudacutus (white-throated needletail)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Apodidae (swifts and swiftlets)
- Scientific name
- Hirundapus caudacutus (Latham, 1801)
- Common name
- white-throated needletail
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1971
- Alternate name(s)
- spine-tailed swift
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Vulnerable
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1971
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
