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Apodiformes / Apodidae / Mearnsia

Papuan Spinetail

Mearnsia novaeguineae

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (papnee1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Mearnsia

Subspecies (2)

Mearnsia novaeguineae buergersi

northern New Guinea (northwestern lowlands east at least to the Sepik-Ramu basin, perhaps to the Huon Gulf)
Mearnsia novaeguineae novaeguineae

southern New Guinea; identity of populations on the Bird's Head Peninsula not determined, possibly this subspecies

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (papnee1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.