Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri(Sharpe, RB, 1870)
English (US) Mottled Spinetail
The Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) 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.
- Scientific name
- Telacanthura ussheri
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mottled Spinetail
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1870)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Telacanthura ussheri ussheri
- Telacanthura ussheri sharpei
- Telacanthura ussheri stictilaema
- Telacanthura ussheri benguellensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Chaetura ussheri
- Described by
- (Sharpe, RB, 1870)
- Type locality
- Fort Victoria, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.6, no.24 p.483
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black Spinetail
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White-rumped Spinetail
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Costa Rican Swift
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