Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Apodidae
Genus:
   Hirundapus
Scientific:
  Hirundapus caudacutus

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Original description

Citation:
  (Latham, J 1802)

Reference:
   Suppl. Indicis Orn.

Imprint year:
  1801

Protonym:
  Hirundo caudacuta

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33261431

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Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  21C47F941FCA96CD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-21C47F94

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/21C47F94

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Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 178021

Geographic range:

• Hirundapus caudacutus caudacutus: Siberia to Japan and Kuril Islands.; winters to Australia
• Hirundapus caudacutus nudipes: Himalayas to sw China; winters to India and Myanmar
• Hirundapus cochinchinensis cochinchinensis: E Himalayas to SE Asia; winters to Sumatra and Java
• Hirundapus cochinchinensis formosanus: Taiwan
• Hirundapus cochinchinensis rupchandi: Central Nepal; winters to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java
• Hirundapus giganteus giganteus: Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Palawan
• Hirundapus giganteus indicus: SW India and Sri Lanka; Bangladesh to SE Asia, Andaman Is.
• Hirundapus celebensis: N Sulawesi and Philippines (absent from Palawan)
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