Mottled spinetail

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Mottled spinetail
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Telacanthura
Species:
T. ussheri
Binomial name
Telacanthura ussheri
(Sharpe, 1870)
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Mottled Spinetail

The mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Telacanthura ussheri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22686652A130108988. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22686652A130108988.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.