Sabine's Spinetail
Rhaphidura sabini(Gray, JE, 1829)
English (US) Sabine's Spinetail
The Sabine's Spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini) 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: rainforest of southern Guinea to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, and western KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhaphidura sabini
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Sabine's Spinetail
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Chaetura Sabini
- Described by
- (Gray, JE, 1829)
- Type locality
- Africa, = Sierra Leone.
- Original description
- The Animal Kingdom. Arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, with additional descriptions of all the species hitherto named, and of many not before noticed 7 p.70
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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