Silver-backed needletail

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| name = Silver-backed needletail

| image = Silver-backedNeedletail.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Hirundapus cochinchinensis |volume=2016 |page=e.T22686684A93121901 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686684A93121901.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}

| genus = Hirundapus

| species = cochinchinensis

| authority = (Oustalet, 1878)

| synonyms =

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The silver-backed needletail (Hirundapus cochinchinensis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.

It is found in Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java and Taiwan. It is a vagrant to Christmas Island.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.