Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina) | Photos and ID

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicInvertebrates

ForestSmall · 43 g

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 1 — Photo: (c) Forest Botial-Jarvis, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Forest Botial-Jarvis · cc-by

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 2 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 3 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 6 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 7 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 8 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 9 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina), photo 10 — Photo: Forest Botial-Jarvis · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

Formerly placed in the genus Chaetura but is now in Mearnsia. This species is monotypic and has no subspecies.

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When to see the Philippine Spinetail

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

Where to see the Philippine Spinetail

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Philippines

About the Philippine Spinetail

The Philippine spinetail, also known as the Philippine needletail or Philippine spine-tailed swift, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines found in the islands of Mindanao and Visayas. Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

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Easily confused with

Papuan SpinetailMearnsia novaeguineaeM. novaeguineae is a small (11.5 cm in length), stocky swift with a short, rounded tail.

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