Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: bizquyruq uzunqanad
Belarusian: Калючахвосты свіргуль
Bulgarian: Белогуш бързолет, Иглоопашат бързолет
Bengali: ধরাগরা ঳ুিআফাতাচ঳
Bengali (transliteration): dhalāgalā su'ibātāsi
Breton: Glaouer bailh
Catalan: Falciot cuaespinós golablanc, Falciot espinós, Falciot espinòs
Czech: Rorýs východní
Chuvash: йĕп хӳреллĕ вĕршĕн
Welsh: Gwennol gynffonfain, Llostfain gyddfwyn
Danish: Tornhalesejler
German: Stachelschwanzsegler, Stachelschwanz-Segler
Greek: Λευκόλαιμη Βελονοσταχτάρα, Χελιδovoσταχτάρα
English: Needle-tailed Swift, Northern Needletail, Northern Spine-tailed Swift, Spinetail swift, Spine-tailed Swift, White-throated Needletail, White-throated Needletail Swift, white-throated needle-tailed, White-throated Needle-tailed Swift, White-throated Spinetail Swift, White-throated Spinetailed Swift, White-throated spine-tailed swift
English, HBW: White-throated Needletail
English (IOC): White-throated Needletail
English (United States): White-throated Needletail
Esperanto: Pintvosta apuso
Spanish: Rabitojo Mongol, Vencejo Mongol, Venjejo mongol
Spanish (Spain): Vencejo Mongol
Spanish (HBW): Vencejo mongol
Estonian: kammsaba, kammsaba (kammsaba-piiritaja), kammsaba-piiritaja
Basque: Falciot espinós
Finnish: Piikikirskuja, Piikkipyrstökiitäjä
Faroese: Loftsveimari
French: Martinet à queue aiguë, Martinet à queue épineuse, Martinet épineux, Martinet épineux à queue blanche
Frisian: Stikelsturtgûlswel
Irish: Gabhlán Earrspíonach, Gabhlán gaoithe spíonearrach
Galician: Andoriñon mongol, Andoriñón mongol, Falciot espinós
Manx: Gollan famman-birragh
Hebrew: סיס חד־זנב, סיס חד-זנב
Croatian: Azijska čiopa, Iglorepa čiopa
Hungarian: sertefarkú sarlósfecske
Indonesian: Burung Kapinis-jarum Asia, Kapinisjarum Asia, Kapinis-jarum asia
Icelandic: Skeifusvölungur
Italian: Rondone codacuta, Rondone codaspinosa, Rondone codaspinosa golabianca
Japanese (romaji): hari-o ama-tsubame, harioamatsubame, Hario-amatsubame
Japanese: ハリオアマツバメ
Japanese (Kanji): 針尾雨燕
Mongolian, Halh: моринураацай
Khakas: Улуғ тигiр харачхайы
Kazakh: Қылқұйрық сұрқарлығаш
Kazakh (Transliteration): qıl-quyrıq sur-qarlığaş
Korean: 바늘꼬리칼새
Korean (Transliteration): baneul-kkori-kal-sae
Kirghiz: ийнекуйрук карлыгач
Scientific: Chaetura caudacuta, Hirundapus caudacuta, Hirundapus caudacutus, Hirundapus caudacutus caudacutus, Hirundo caudacuta
Lithuanian: Baltagurklis čiurlys, Baltagurklis hirundapas
Latvian: baltrīkles adataste
Macedonian: Иглоопашеста пиштарка
Mongolian: моринураацай, Ойн морин ураацай, Ойн моринураацай, Ойн ураацай
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠣᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠮᠣᠷᠢᠨ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠣᠢ ᠵᠢᠨ ᠣᠷᠠᠴᠠᠢ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Согсор ураацай
Mongolian (Transliteration): oiŋ moriŋ-uraatsai, oiŋ uraatsai, sogsor uraatsai
Malay: Burung Layang-layang Ekor Runcing Utara, Burung Layang-layang Leher Putih
Maltese: Rundun tal-Labar
Nepali: सेतोकण्ठे गाÄथली
Dutch: Stekelstaart griezwaluw, Stekelstaartgierzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Pigghaleseglar
Norwegian: Pigghaleseiler
Polish: iglosternik bialogardly, igłosternik białogardły, jerzyk iglosterny, Jerzyk igłosterny
Pinyin: bái-hóu zhēn-wěi yǔ-yàn, shān yànzi, zhēn-wěi shā-yàn, zhēn-wěi yǔ-yàn
Portuguese: Andorinhão-de-ferradura, Andorinhão-mongol
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinhão-de-ferradura, andorinhão-mongol
Rhaeto-Romance: Randurel mongolic
Romanian: Drepnea spinoasă
Russian: белогорлый колючехвостый стриж, Иглохвостый стриж, Колючехвост, Колючехвостый стриж, Стриж иглохвостый, Стриж колючехвостый
Northern Sami: Biikabađošcihran, Biikabaðošcihran
Slovak: dážďovník pichľavochvostý, srp ostňochvostý
Slovenian: mali podkvasti hudournik
Serbian: Azijska čiopa
Swedish: Nordlig taggstjärtseglare, Taggstjärtseglare
Tamil: Mulwall Uzhavaran
Thai: นกแอ่นใหญ่คอขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók àeen yày kʰoaa-kʰăaw
Turkish: Ak boğazlı iğnekuyruk, Ak Boğazlı İğnekuyruk, iğne kuyruklu ebabil, İğne Kuyruklu Ebabil, Iğne-kuyruklu Ebabil, Қылқұйрық сұрқарлығаш
Tatar: энә койрыклы керәшә
Tuvinian: Ине кудуруктуг сыйтылаа
Ukrainian: Колючохвіст білогорлий
Uzbek: игнадум узунқанот
Vietnamese: Chim Yến đuôi cứng hông trắng, Chim Yến đuôi nhọn họng trắng, Chim Yến họng trắng, Yến đuôi cứng hông trắng, Yến đuôi cứng họng trắng, Yến đuôi nhọn họng trắng
Kalmyk: шөвг сүүлтә темән харада
Chinese: *白喉针尾雨燕, [bai-hou zhen-wei yu-yan], [shan yanzi], [zhen-wei yu-yan], 山燕子, 白喉針尾雨燕, 白喉针尾, 白喉针尾雨燕, 針尾雨燕, 针尾, 针尾沙燕, 针尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional): 山燕子, 白喉針尾雨燕, 針尾沙燕, 針尾雨燕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 白喉針尾雨燕, 針尾雨燕
Chinese (Taiwan): [zhen-wei yu-yan], 白喉针尾雨燕, 針尾雨燕, 针尾雨燕