Philippine Needletail

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

The Philippine Needletail is classified as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future.

The Philippine Needletail (Mearnsia picina) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss. Source - * BirdLife International 2004. Mearnsia picina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

Philippine needletail is now rare; it has probably never been photographed before. fields Rice terraces, Sagada, Luzon. fields Rice terraces, Banaue, Luzon. On the island of Luzon, the agriculture has never been confined to lowlands. In the extensive montane areas of Northern Luzon, rice and vegetable terraces have been built by local people for as long as 2000 years. More

* The Philippine Needletail (Mearnsia picina) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. More

* Philippine Needletail (Mearnsia picina) – a few showed well in PICOP Brown-backed Needletail (Hirundapus giganteus) – a group of at least 6 showed well near Puerto Princessa, Palawan. More

Philippine Needletail The Philippine Needletail (Mearnsia picina) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. See more at Wikipedia.org... More