Birds of the World

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)   →
Genus: Hemiprocne (4 species)

Hemiprocne, Treeswifts, are in the same order as regular swifts, but are more colorful and are capable of perching as can hummingbirds, also in the order apodiformes.


Whiskered Treeswift
Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) Male
Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines
Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Malaysia   		 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


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Crested Treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)
Range: OR: India through se Asia
 



Grey-rumped Treeswift
Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) Male
Range: OR, AU: Malay Pen. to Sulawesi region and w Lesser Sundas
Singapore   		 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.

Grey-rumped Treeswift
Grey-rumped Treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) Female
Range: OR, AU: Malay Pen. to Sulawesi region and w Lesser Sundas
Singapore   		 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.


Moustached Treeswift
Moustached Treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea mystacea)
Range: AU: n, c Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.
West Papua, Indonesia   		 
Photograph by Robert Lockett   © All Rights Reserved.


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