Hirundapus caudacutus
White-throated Needletail at Ainslie, ACT
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| Hirundapus caudacutus | MatthewFrawley | 2 Jan 2025 | |
| Hirundapus caudacutus | MattM | 1 Jan 2025 |
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User's notes
Approximately 100 needletails seen flying ahead of large clouds, Mt Ainslie. Birds were observed travelling in a north to north-west direction.
1 comment
2 Jan 2025
Nice find and the first swift sighting for NatureMapr this season, the last being on 31 March 2024.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.158629-35.269271
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 100 Abundance
- 17 Dec 2024 06:49 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
Collections
- MattM 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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4 / 7
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