Purple Needletail
Hirundapus celebensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The purple needletail, or hagibas in Tagalog, is arguably the largest swift in the world. It is native to the Philippine archipelago and the Minahasa Peninsula (Sulawesi).
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Hirundapus