Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Apodidae
- Genus
- Telacanthura
- eBird Code
- motspi1
Subspecies (4)
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Telacanthura ussheri benguellensis
western Angola to Mozambique
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Telacanthura ussheri sharpei
Cameroon to Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda
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Telacanthura ussheri stictilaema
coastal southern Kenya to northern Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Pemba
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Telacanthura ussheri ussheri
Senegambia to Nigeria
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.