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Apodiformes / Apodidae / Telacanthura

Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (motspi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Telacanthura

Subspecies (4)

Telacanthura ussheri benguellensis

western Angola to Mozambique
Telacanthura ussheri sharpei

Cameroon to Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda
Telacanthura ussheri stictilaema

coastal southern Kenya to northern Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Pemba
Telacanthura ussheri ussheri

Senegambia to Nigeria

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (motspi1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.