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title: "Whiskered Treeswift"
description: "Hemiprocne comata — Birds. The whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/whiskered-treeswift
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Whiskered Treeswift

> Hemiprocne comata — Birds. The whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae.

- Scientific name: *Hemiprocne comata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 839
- Wikidata: [Q1006422](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1006422)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6541](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6541)

## Names

- en: Whiskered Treeswift
- de: Ohrenbaumsegler
- es: Vencejo arborícola chico
- fr: Hémiprocné coiffé
- nl: Kleine boomgierzwaluw
- pt: Andorinhão-arborícola-pequeno
- pl: Czubik mały

## Countries with the most observations

MY (480), TH (134), ID (92), PH (92), BN (6)

## Summary

The whiskered treeswift (Hemiprocne comata) is a species of bird in the family Hemiprocnidae. It is the smallest of 4 species in genus Hemiprocne and is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiskered_treeswift

## Photo

![Whiskered Treeswift](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/whiskered-treeswift/medium.jpg)

Photo: René Heinrich · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/304645593

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/whiskered-treeswift?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).