Giant Swiftlet

Hydrochous gigas - Salangane géante

Salangane géante
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Apodiformes

  • Family
    :

    Apodidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hydrochous

  • Species
    :

    gigas

Descriptor

Hartert, EJO Butler, AL, 1901

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 16 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Giant Swiftlet (Hydrochous gigas) is a species of bird in the Apodidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Salangane géante,
  • Salangana gigante,
  • andorinhão-gigante,
  • Riesensalangane,
  • óriás-sarlósfecske,
  • Reuzensalangaan,
  • Rondone delle cascate,
  • jättesalangan,
  • Storsalangan,
  • salangána vodopádová,
  • salangana vodopádová,
  • Kaskadesejler,
  • isosalangaani,
  • salangana gegant,
  • salangana wielka,
  • Гигантская салангана,
  • Walet raksasa,
  • オニアナツバメ,
  • 瀑布雨燕,
  • 瀑布雨燕,

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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