Whiskered Treeswift

Hemiprocne comata (Temminck, 1824)

Whiskered Treeswift, Hemiprocne comata, occurs in the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines. It is a member of the treeswift family and was described by Temminck in 1824. Among the four Hemiprocne species, it is the smallest. It is associated with moist lowland forest, mangrove forest and moist montane forest in the Oriental Region. It is marked by long white whisker-like feathers above and below the eye, together with a shaggy crest and a deeply forked tail.

Order

Apodiformes

Family

Hemiprocnidae — Treeswifts

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo and Philippines