Biology:Mearnsia
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Short description: Genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Tribe: | Chaeturini |
| Genus: | Mearnsia Ridgway, 1911 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetura picina[1] Tweeddale, 1879
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Mearnsia is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae.
It contains the following species:[2]
- Philippine spinetail (Mearnsia picina)
- Papuan spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae)
References
- ↑ "Apodidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=78.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2023). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/swifts/.
Wikidata ☰ Q135990 entry
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