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Brown-backed Needletail

Hirundapus giganteus (Temminck, CJ 1825)

The brown-backed needletail, or brown needletail, is a large swift. Source: Wikipedia




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

Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1825)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.61 pl.364

Protonym:
  Cypselus giganteus

Type locality:
  Bantam, Java.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  468C27AD03B58EF2

Avibase ID:
  avibase-468C27AD

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/468C27AD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554987

Geographic range:

  • Hirundapus giganteus giganteus: Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas, and Palawan (southwestern Philippines)
  • Hirundapus giganteus indicus: southwestern India and Sri Lanka; Bangladesh to southeastern Asia; Andaman Islands
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brown-backed Needletail
Catalan:
Falciot cuaespinós gegant
Czech:
rorýs hnědohřbetý
Danish:
Kæmpetornhalesejler
German:
Eilsegler
Spanish:
Vencejo Gigante
Spanish (Spain):
Vencejo Gigante
Finnish:
jymykiitäjä
French:
Martinet géant
Croatian:
zelenokrila čiopa
Hungarian:
maláj sarlósfecske
Icelandic:
Broddsvölungur
Italian:
Rondone codaspinosa dorsobruno
Japanese (romaji):
ooharioamatsubame
Japanese:
オオハリオアマツバメ
Lithuanian:
Didysis hirundapas
Dutch:
Reuzenstekelstaartgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Brunryggseglar
Norwegian:
Brunryggseiler
Polish:
igłosternik wielki
Portuguese:
andorinhão-gigante
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinhão-de-dorso-castanho
Russian:
Большой колючехвост
Slovak:
srp veľký
Serbian:
Iglorepa čiopa smeđih leđa
Swedish:
brunryggig taggstjärtseglare
Ukrainian:
Колючохвіст великий
Chinese:
褐背针尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional):
褐喉針尾雨燕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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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. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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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 00:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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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 v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Martinet géant ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Martinet géant ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Brown Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition:
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
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Clements, version 2015:
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Clements, version 2016:
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Clements, version 2017:
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Clements, version 2018:
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Clements, version 2019:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Brown Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Brown-backed Needletail ( Hirundapus giganteus) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hirundapus giganteus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hirundapus giganteus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Other synonyms

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Bengali: খয়রাপিঠ সুইবাতাসি, িয়যাচ঩ঠ ঳ুিআফাতাচ঳
Bengali (transliteration): khaẏarāpiṭha su'ibātāsi
Catalan: Falciot cuaespinós gegant
Czech: rorýs hnědohřbetý, Rorýs hnedý
Danish: Kæmpetornhalesejler
German: Eilsegler
English: Brown backed Needletail, Brown Needletail, Brown Spinetailed Swift, Brown Spine-tailed Swift, Brown-backed Needletail, Giant Needletail, Giant Spinetail Swift, Large Brown-throated Spinetail Swi, Large Brown-throated Spinetail Swift, Malaysian Spine-tailed Swift
English, HBW: Brown-backed Needletail
English (IOC): Brown-backed Needletail
English (United States): Brown-backed Needletail
Esperanto: Brundorsa hirundapuso
Spanish: Rabitojo de Espalda Castaña, Vencejo Gigante
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo Gigante
Spanish (HBW): Brown-backed Needletail
Estonian: suur-kammsaba
Finnish: Jymykiitäjä
French: Martinet géant
Croatian: zelenokrila čiopa
Hungarian: maláj sarlósfecske
Indonesian: Burung Kapinis-jarum Gedang, Kapinis jarum cocklat, Kapinisjarum Gedang, Kapinis-jarum gedang
Icelandic: Broddsvölungur
Italian: Rondone codaspinosa bruno, Rondone codaspinosa dorsobruno
Japanese (romaji): ō hari-o ama-tsubame, ooharioamatsubame
Japanese: オオハリオアマツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): 大針尾雨燕
Scientific: Chaetura gigantea, Cypselus giganteus, Hirundapus gigantea, Hirundapus giganteus, Hirund-apus giganteus, Hirundapus giganteus giganteus
Lithuanian: Didysis hirundapas
Malayalam: വലിയ മുൾവാലൻ ശരപ്പക്ഷി, വലിയ  മുള്‍വാലന്‍ ശരപ്പക്ഷി 
Malay: Burung Layang-layang Besar, Burung Layang-layang Ekor Runcing Biasa, Layang-Layang Besar
Dutch: Reuzenstekelstaartgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Brunryggseglar
Norwegian: Brunryggseiler
Polish: iglosternik wielki, igłosternik wielki, Jerzyk wielki
Pinyin: hè-bèi zhēn-wěi yǔ-yàn, hè-hóu zhēn-wěi yǔ-yàn
Portuguese: andorinhão-gigante
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-de-dorso-castanho
Russian: Большой колючехвост, Стриж бурый иглохвостый
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Pitabora Katupenda-thurithaya
Slovak: srp veľký
Serbian: Iglorepa čiopa smeđih leđa
Swedish: Brun taggstjärtseglare, brunryggig taggstjärtseglare
Thai: นกแอ่นใหญ่หัวตาขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók àeen yày hŭa-taa-kʰăaw
Turkish: Büyük iğnekuyruk, Büyük İğnekuyruk
Ukrainian: Колючохвіст великий
Vietnamese: Chim Yến đuôi cứng lớn, Chim Yến lưng nâu, Yến đuôi cứng lớn
Chinese: 褐喉针尾雨燕, 褐背针尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 褐喉針尾雨燕, 褐背針尾雨燕

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