Silver-backed Needletail

Silver-backed Needletail

Hirundapus cochinchinensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
at Taman Negara National Park
7 Verified sightings at Taman Negara National Park From 2019 to 2026
268 Verified sightings across all 12 parks From 2019 to 2026
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Silver-backed Needletail

The silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
~10%
2 Khao Yai National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
3 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
<5%
4 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
<5%
5 Namdapha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
7 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
<5%
8 Gunung Leuser National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
9 Royal Manas National Park 🇧🇹 Bhutan
Insufficient data
10 Taman Negara National Park 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
11 Kaziranga National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
12 Manas National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
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