Fact Card
COMMON NAME: WHITE-THROATED NEEDLETAIL
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Hirundapus caudacutus
TYPE: Vagrant
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Caprimulgiformes / FAMILY – Apodidae / GENUS – Hirundapus
Video: White Throated Needletail
Audio: White Throated Needletail
IUCN Red List Status
References
- IUCN (2009, October 1). White-throated Needletail. IUCN. Retrieved September 19, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22686677/155548867
- [Tom Tarrant]. (2019, September 28). White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus [Audio]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/190275591
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2009, July 12). White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201190061
- White-throated needletail. (2023, April 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_needletail
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
