Swifts (Apodidae)

Philippine Spinetail (Mearnsia picina) - HBW 5, p. 437

French: Martinet des Philippines German: Philippinensegler Spanish: Vencejo Filipino
Other common names: Philippine Needletail, Philippine Spine-tailed Swift/Needletail

Taxonomy: Chætura picina Tweeddale, 1879, Zamboanga, Mindanao.
Previously placed in Chaetura. Monotypic.

Distribution: SC & S Philippines on Leyte, Negros, Cebu, Biliran, Samar and Mindanao.