Silver-rumped Spinetail
Rhaphidura leucopygialis(Blyth, E, 1849)
English (US) Silver-rumped Spinetail
The Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis) 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: southern Myanmar to Malay Peninsula and Greater Sundas and satellite islandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhaphidura leucopygialis
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Silver-rumped Spinetail
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Acanthylis leucopygialis
- Described by
- (Blyth, E, 1849)
- Type locality
- Penang.
- Original description
- Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18, pt.2 p.809
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black Spinetail
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