Philippine Needletail

Philippine Needletail

Taxobox
name = Philippine Needletail


status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Apodiformes
familia = Apodidae
genus = "Mearnsia"
species = "M. picina"
binomial = "Mearnsia picina"
binomial_authority = (Tweeddale, 1879)
synonyms =

The Philippine Needletail ("Mearnsia picina") is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/40212/all Mearnsia picina] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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