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| | ;[[:Category:Hemiprocne|Hemiprocne]] comata | | ;[[:Category:Hemiprocne|Hemiprocne]] comata |
| | [[Image:Whiskered_Treeswift.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Romy Ocon<br />Photo taken: Mt. Palay-palay, Cavite, Philippines.]] | | [[Image:Whiskered_Treeswift.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Romy Ocon<br />Photo taken: Mt. Palay-palay, Cavite, Philippines.]] |
| - | ==Description== | |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | ==Distribution & Taxonomy== | + | With 16cm the smallest of the four Treeswifts. |
| | + | * Dark bronze body, dark blue wings |
| | + | * Slightly crested |
| | + | * Bold white supercilium from forehead to hindnape |
| | + | * Second parallel white stripe from chin to neck |
| | + | * Head otherwise glossy black with dark chestnut ear-coverts in male |
| | + | * Female with blue-green ear-coverts |
| | + | * Juveniles are finely barred brown, grey, tawny and white and are perfectly camouflaged, looking like a branch |
| | + | ==Distribution== |
| | + | Southeast [[Asia]]. Malay Pensinsula, [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]] and the [[Philippines]]. Still common in most of its range and not globally threatened. |
| | + | ==Taxonomy== |
| | + | Two subspecies recognized: |
| | + | * ''H.c. comata'' on [[Sumatra]], the Malay Peninsula and [[Borneo]] |
| | + | * ''H.c. major'' on the [[Philippines]] |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | + | Evergreen forest, locally also found in mature mangroves. From the plains up to ca. 1000m. Tends to prefer original forest. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| | + | Feeds on insects. Forages like other Treeswifts from perches. Usually not seen much above canopy height.<br> |
| | + | Breeds from February to August. Breeds solitary in a half-saucer of saliva with feathers. Lays 1 egg.<br> |
| | + | Resident. Birds are believed to stay in there breeding territory all year. |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Hemiprocne+comata}} | | {{GSearch|Hemiprocne+comata}} |
| | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=544&Bird_Image_ID=1599&Bird_Family_ID=82 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=544&Bird_Image_ID=1599&Bird_Family_ID=82 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] |
| | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Hemiprocne]] | | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Hemiprocne]] |
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- Hemiprocne comata
Photo by Romy Ocon
Photo taken: Mt. Palay-palay, Cavite, Philippines.
[edit] Identification
With 16cm the smallest of the four Treeswifts.
- Dark bronze body, dark blue wings
- Slightly crested
- Bold white supercilium from forehead to hindnape
- Second parallel white stripe from chin to neck
- Head otherwise glossy black with dark chestnut ear-coverts in male
- Female with blue-green ear-coverts
- Juveniles are finely barred brown, grey, tawny and white and are perfectly camouflaged, looking like a branch
[edit] Distribution
Southeast Asia. Malay Pensinsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. Still common in most of its range and not globally threatened.
[edit] Taxonomy
Two subspecies recognized:
[edit] Habitat
Evergreen forest, locally also found in mature mangroves. From the plains up to ca. 1000m. Tends to prefer original forest.
[edit] Behaviour
Feeds on insects. Forages like other Treeswifts from perches. Usually not seen much above canopy height.
Breeds from February to August. Breeds solitary in a half-saucer of saliva with feathers. Lays 1 egg.
Resident. Birds are believed to stay in there breeding territory all year.
[edit] External Links
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