Whiskered Treeswift

Hemiprocne comata

Family: Treeswifts · Status: Former resident and very rare visitor · Size: 15–16.5 cm · Conservation: Least Concern

Range

Resident in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and the Philippines.

Identification

Adult has an grey-bronze body with dark glossy blue crown, nape, upper throat and wings, a bold white supercilium and malar streak. Male has chestnut ear-coverts while female has black ear-coverts.

Habitat

Forested areas.

Behaviour

Feed on small insects taken in sallies from a perch.