The brown-backed needletail (Hirundapus giganteus), or brown needletail, is a large swift.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Brown-backed Needletail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Hirundapus caudacutus
- Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Chaetura brachyura
- Telacanthura ussheri
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Hirundapus
- Species
- Hirundapus giganteus
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