Black spinetail

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Black spinetail
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Telacanthura
Species:
T. melanopygia
Binomial name
Telacanthura melanopygia
(Chapin, 1915)

The black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Telacanthura melanopygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22686656A93120360. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686656A93120360.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.