Swifts (Apodidae)
Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis) - HBW 5, p. 438
French: Martinet leucopyge
German: Silberbürzelsegler
Spanish: Vencejo Culiplata
Other common names: Silver-rumped (Spine-tailed) Swift, Silver-rumped Needletail, White-rumped Spinetail(!)
Taxonomy: Acanthylis leucopygialis Blyth, 1849, Penang.
Genus formerly merged into Chaetura. Monotypic.
Distribution: S Myanmar to Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Bangka I, Borneo and Java.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Brief view of a bird in flight. Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2010 2 years ago 22 sec 2
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Flight calls of a flock. Locality Masai Rusa River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 3 years ago 0 -
Flight calls. Locality Kandang River, Asialog Forest Concession, Jambi Region, Sumatra (Indonesia)
Iwein Mauro 2 March 2003 3 years ago 0
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