| 词条 | Giant swiftlet |
| 释义 |
| name = Giant swiftlet | image = | status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Apodiformes | familia = Apodidae | tribus = Collocaliini | genus = Hydrochous | species = H. gigas | binomial = Hydrochous gigas | binomial_authority = (Hartert & Butler, 1901) | synonyms = Hydrochrous gigas (Hartert & Butler, 1901) [orthographic error] | genus_authority = Brooke, 1970 }}The giant swiftlet (Hydrochous gigas), also known as the waterfall swift, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hydrochous. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia, where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1] It is not totally nocturnal but able to orientate visually in dim light.[2] DescriptionH. gigas has the most distinctive feature compare to other member from its group, it has largest average wingspan (150 mm) compare to other swiftlet.[3] It is a fairly large swift that can grow to 16 cm in length and weight 37 g for male, 35 - 39 g female.[4]References1. ^1 {{IUCN|id=22686485 |title=Hydrochous gigas |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}} 2. ^{{Cite journal|last=Medway|first=Lord|last2=Wells|first2=D. R.|date=1969-10-01|title=Dark Orientation by the Giant Swiftlet Collocalia Gigas|journal=Ibis|language=en|volume=111|issue=4|pages=609–611|doi=10.1111/j.1474-919X.1969.tb02570.x|issn=1474-919X}} 3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v085n04/p0549-p0559.pdf|title=The giant swiftlet, Collocalia gigas, Hartert and Butler|last=Somadikarta|first=Soekarja|date=October 1968|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=9 June 2017}} 4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.hbw.com/species/waterfall-swift-hydrochous-gigas|title=Waterfall Swift (Hydrochous gigas)|website=www.hbw.com|language=en|access-date=2017-06-09}} }}{{Taxonbar|from=Q1261679}}{{DEFAULTSORT:swiftlet, giant}}{{Apodiformes-stub}} 6 : Apodidae|Birds of the Malay Peninsula|Birds of Sumatra|Birds of Java|Birds described in 1901|Taxonomy articles created by Polbot |
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