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Alternative names: Silver-rumped Spinetailed Swift; Silver-rumped Needletail
- Rhaphidura leucopygialis
Identification
11 cm (4¼ in); Small size but robust with all blackish underparts, dark bluish gloss upperparts, prominent silvery-white lower back, rump and uppertail-coverts, short square-cut tail, very broad paddle-shaped wings and bare shafts (spines) extending from tail-tip.
Juvenile has less glossy underparts.
Distribution
South-east Asia: found in southern Myanmar to Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas and Bangka Island.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Broadleaved evergreen forests.
Behaviour
Roosts in large tree hollows in the emergent canopy.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Silver-rumped Spinetail. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Silver-rumped_Spinetail