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White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
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St Helens, Tasmania Australia
February 2006
The White-throated Needletail breeds in Siberia and through eastern Asia to the Himalayas and Japan while some spend the
austral summer in eastern Australia. They arrive in October and leave by mid-April.
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It is a large, long-winged and short-tailed swift which is very powerful and fast. The squarish tail has small,
needle-like shafts extending to about 6mm. The forehead, throat and under-tail coverts are white and the back has a large brown patch which becomes
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