Swifts (Apodidae)

White-rumped Spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica) - HBW 5, p. 438

French: Martinet indien German: Hindusegler Spanish: Vencejo Indio
Other common names: Indian White-rumped Spinetail/Spine-tailed Swift, White-rumped Needletail

Taxonomy: Acanthylis sylvatica Tickell, 1846, central India.
Previously placed in Chaetura. Monotypic.

Distribution: S of Himalayas from NC India (N Uttar Pradesh) and Nepal S through E & EC India, and E to W Myanmar, where status uncertain; also S through Western Ghats to S Kerala.