White-rumped Spinetail

Zoonavena sylvatica

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 13 g

When to see the White-rumped Spinetail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-rumped Spinetail

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Bhutan.

About the White-rumped Spinetail

The white-rumped spinetail or white-rumped needletail is a species of swift found in the forests of Bangladesh, India and Nepal. It is often seen over waterbodies in the middle of forest. It can resemble a house swift but has a white vent.

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Easily confused with

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