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Purple Needletail

Hirundapus celebensis (Sclater, PL 1866)

The purple needletail, or hagibas in Tagalog, is the largest swift found in the Old World. It is native to the Philippine archipelago and the Minahasa Peninsula (Sulawesi). Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Hirundapus
Scientific:
  Hirundapus celebensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Sclater, PL 1866)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1865, Part 3 p.608

Protonym:
  Chaetura gigantea var. celebensis

Type locality:
  Menado, Celebes.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28497593

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0685479A8159B3CD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0685479A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0685479A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554988

Geographic range:

  • Hirundapus celebensis: northern Sulawesi and Philippines (except Palawan)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Purple Needletail
Catalan:
Falciot cuaespinós porpra
Czech:
rorýs fialovohřbetý
Danish:
Purpurtornhalesejler
German:
Purpursegler
Spanish:
Vencejo de Célebes
Spanish (Spain):
Vencejo de Célebes
Finnish:
celebesinkiitäjä
French:
Martinet des Célèbes
Croatian:
ljubičastoleđa čiopa
Hungarian:
bíbor sarlósfecske
Italian:
Rondone codaspinosa violaceo
Japanese (romaji):
serebesuharioamatsubame
Japanese:
セレベスハリオアマツバメ
Lithuanian:
Sulavesinis hirundapas
Dutch:
Zwarte Stekelstaartgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Glansseglar
Norwegian:
Glansseiler
Polish:
igłosternik czarnogardły
Portuguese:
andorinhão-violáceo
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinhão-púrpura
Russian:
Пурпурный колючехвост
Slovak:
srp purpurový
Serbian:
Ljubičasta iglorepa čiopa
Swedish:
purpurtaggstjärtseglare
Ukrainian:
Колючохвіст пурпуровий
Chinese:
紫针尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional):
紫針尾雨燕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Martinet des Célèbes ( Hirundapus celebensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Hirundapus [giganteus or celebensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Falciot cuaespinós porpra
Czech: rorýs fialovohřbetý, rorýs fialovořbetý, Rorýs purpurový
Danish: Purpurtornhalesejler
German: Purpursegler
English: Celebes Needletail, Celebes Spinetailed Swift, Purple Needletail, Sulawesi Needletail, Sulawesi Spinetailed Swift, Sulawesi Spine-tailed Swift
English, HBW: Purple Needletail
English (IOC): Purple Needletail
English (United States): Purple Needletail
Esperanto: Purpura hirundapuso
Spanish: Rabitojo Sulawesi, Vencejo de Célebes
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo de Célebes
Spanish (HBW): Purple Needletail
Estonian: purpur-kammsaba
Finnish: Celebesinkiitäjä
French: Martinet des Célèbes
Croatian: ljubičastoleđa čiopa
Hungarian: bíbor sarlósfecske
Indonesian: Kapinisjarum Ungu, Kapinis-jarum ungu
Italian: Rondone codaspinosa di Sulawesi, Rondone codaspinosa violaceo
Japanese (romaji): serebesuharioamatsubame
Japanese: セレベスハリオアマツバメ
Scientific: Chaetura gigantea var. celebensis, Hirundapus celebensis, Hirundapus celebensis celebensis, Hirund-apus giganteus celebensis
Lithuanian: Sulavesinis hirundapas
Dutch: Zwarte Stekelstaartgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Glansseglar
Norwegian: Glansseiler
Polish: iglosternik czarnogardly, igłosternik czarnogardły
Portuguese: andorinhão-violáceo
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-púrpura
Russian: Пурпурный иглохвостый стриж, Пурпурный колючехвост, Стриж пурпурный иглохвостый
Slovak: srp purpurový
Serbian: Ljubičasta iglorepa čiopa
Swedish: purpurtaggstjärtseglare, Sulawesitaggstjärtseglare
Turkish: Mor iğnekuyruk, Mor İğnekuyruk
Ukrainian: Колючохвіст пурпуровий
Chinese: 紫针尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 紫針尾雨燕

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