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Moustached treeswift

Hemiprocne mystacea (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827)

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The moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea) is a species in the family Hemiprocnidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 60 g to 70.1 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea)
Photo: Lip Kee Yap from Singapore, Republic of Singapore · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the moustached treeswift

Weight
60 g – 70.1 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
1src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the moustached treeswift live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The moustached treeswift is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the moustached treeswift?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae.

It is found in the northern Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck and the Solomon Islands archipelagos.

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

The moustached treeswift is known for its remarkable aerial foraging abilities. Recent scientific studies, such as Rohwer and Wang's quantitative analysis in 2010, have highlighted the unique feather replacement patterns that contribute to its agile flight and successful prey capture.

From the Wikipedia article “Moustached treeswift” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Moustached_treeswift&oldid=1379930001), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the moustached treeswift endangered?

The moustached treeswift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the moustached treeswift classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyHemiprocnidae
  6. genusHemiprocne
  7. SpeciesHemiprocne mystacea (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827)

Synonyms Cypselus mystaceus

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • سمامة الشجر ذات الشاربينArabic
  • falciot arbori mostatxutCatalan
  • klecho vousatýCzech
  • coblyn coed mwstasiogWelsh
  • Stor TræsejlerDanish
  • BartbaumseglerGerman
  • liphara arbapodoEsperanto
  • Vencejo arborícola bigotudoSpanish
  • suur-puispiiritajaEstonian
  • isopuukiitäjäFinnish
  • Hémiprocné à moustachesFrench
  • sivoprsa čiopaCroatian
  • barkós sarlósfecskeHungarian
  • Tepekong kumisIndonesian
  • Rondone arboricolo dalle rediniItalian
  • Rondone arboricolo dai mustacchiItalian
  • シラヒゲカンムリアマツバメJapanese
  • ūsuotasis kuoduotasis čiurlysLithuanian
  • WitsnorboomgierzwaluwDutch
  • mustasjetreseilerNorwegian
  • czubik wąsatyPolish
  • andorinhão-arborícola-de-bigodesPortuguese
  • Усатый клехоRussian
  • Усатый древесный стрижRussian
  • klecho fúzatýSlovak
  • Brkata čiopa sa drvetaSerbian
  • skäggträdseglareSwedish
  • Bıyıklı Ağaç EbabiliTurkish
  • клехо великийUkrainian
  • 須鳳頭雨燕Chinese
  • 须凤头雨燕Chinese
  • 鬚鳳頭雨燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the moustached treeswift

Other species in the same genus Hemiprocne.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the moustached treeswift?

An adult moustached treeswift weighs 60 g – 70.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the moustached treeswift live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the moustached treeswift for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the moustached treeswift endangered?

The moustached treeswift is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the moustached treeswift?

The moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea) belongs to the family Hemiprocnidae in the order Apodiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{moustached_treeswift_2026,
  title = {Moustached treeswift (Hemiprocne mystacea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/moustached-treeswift},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}