Black Spinetail

Telacanthura melanopygia

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestSmall · 52 g

When to see the Black Spinetail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black Spinetail

Regular range

The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black Spinetail

The black spinetail is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest.

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