Wildlifeof Sumatra
Silver-Rumped Needletail
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Photo: Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová (iNaturalist) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Rhaphidura leucopygialis
Basic stats
Habitat
Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
Range
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand
The silver-rumped spinetail, or silver-rumped needletail, is a swift found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand, in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. Research on the species has examined its use of facultative heterothermy, even torpor (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What habitat does the Silver-Rumped Needletail live in?
- Subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest
- Where is the Silver-Rumped Needletail found?
- Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand