Whiskered Treeswift

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

The Whiskered Treeswift is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Hemiprocne comata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. More

* Whiskered Treeswift mating On 16th September 2009, Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS visited... * Nesting of Grey-rumped Treeswift In May 2007 Melinda and Meng came across a... * Small home high off the ground: Nesting ecology of the Grey-rumped Treeswift. I work in the Singapore Botanic Gardens and the... More

species, the Whiskered Treeswift, is a species of primary forest. Highly manoeuvrable, it feeds close to vegetation beneath the canopy, and only rarely ventures into secondary forests or plantations, but never over open ground. Other species are less restricted; the Crested Treeswift makes use of a range of habitats including humid forests and deciduous woodland, and the Grey-rumped Treeswift utilises occupies almost every habitat type available from the mangrove forests to hill forests. More

Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) - Fairly common at forest edges or in new clearings, singly or in pairs, below 1000m. From exposed perch, flies out to catch insects in the air returning to perch. Upon landing smartly folds wings.View this Video from its Home in the Contest Comments Credits & Tags Asset Information Share Download Comments close Credits & Tags close Director / D.O.P. More

* Nesting of Whiskered Treeswift An earlier post describes the courtship and mating of... * Whiskered Treeswift: Courtship and mating The Whiskered Treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is distinctive in its... * Black-headed Munia mating Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS was in Miri City, Sarawak,... * House (Pacific) Swallow collecting nesting material Dato’ Dr Amar-Singh HSS encountered a pair of Pacific... More

There were at least 3 Whiskered Treeswifts in the area and had some odd behaviour More

Whiskered Treeswift, Sabah, Gomantong August © Simon Harrap A real stunner! Whiskered Treeswift - Showing Records 1 through 6 of 6 Total Records More

and colorful Whiskered Treeswift (left; dorsal and ventral views of the same bird). Its range is restricted to the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, Borneo, and Sumatra. It is a forest species, mostly found perched near the canopy on a dead tree or other observation point, from which it makes short sallies to catch flying insects. The one photographed here was using a crossbar of a canopy walkway some 100 ft. More

view of Mrs Whiskered Treeswift hard at work - cartgate03-07-2007, 07:15 PMSure is a nice Swift - thanks for showing it to me the other day! We lucked out, did we not? - harlequin03-07-2007, 10:07 PMSure is a nice Swift - thanks for showing it to me the other day! We lucked out, did we not? Thanks mate. We sure did hit the jackpot by "mistake". - vBulletin More

Whiskered Treeswift is the only one in the family to have this foraging technique. The remaining species capture their insect prey in gliding flight over the tree tops, or over rivers and open country. The Gray-rumped Treeswift (right) is found on the Malay Peninsula, in the Greater Sundas, and on Sulawesi. At one time it was considered conspecific with the similar Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata of southern Asia (India to Indochina), but their ranges overlap in s.w. More