Hirundapus caudacutus
White-throated Needletail at Garran, ACT
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| Hirundapus caudacutus | ArcherCallaway | 30 Apr 2016 | |
| Unverified | roymcd | 30 Apr 2016 |
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2 comments
1 May 2016
Great work Roy, they migrate through during March in flocks of a few to sometimes hundreds on storm fronts, but very difficult to focus on or get a non-blurred shot when they whizz around at the speeds that they do!
1 May 2016
Hi Ryu, thanks for the ID and info, amazing to think how these birds use major weather systems to their advantage :-)
Location information
- Coordinates 149.115887-35.335818
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 6 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2016 06:02 PM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
Collections
- roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Hirundapus caudacutus Intermediate size Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Hirundapus caudacutus Scientific name
- White-throated Needletail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1106.16m Recorded at altitude
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