Philippine Spinetail
Mearnsia picina(Tweeddale, A, 1879)
English (US) Philippine Spinetail
The Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: West and East Visayas, Mindanao group, and Sulu Archipelago (central and southern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Mearnsia picina
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Philippine Spinetail
- Described by
- (Tweeddale, A, 1879)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chaetura picina
- Described by
- (Tweeddale, A, 1879)
- Type locality
- Zamboanga, Mindanao.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1878, pt.4 p.944 pl.59
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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