Philippine Needletail

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Philippine Needletail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Mearnsia
Species: M. picina
Binomial name
Mearnsia picina
(Tweeddale, 1879)

The Philippine Needletail (Mearnsia picina) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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