Biology:Silver-rumped spinetail
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Rhaphidura |
| Species: | R. leucopygialis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhaphidura leucopygialis (Blyth, 1849)
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The silver-rumped spinetail or silver-rumped needletail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis, sometimes spelled Raphidura leucopygialis) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Research on the silver- Rumped spine tail has utilized facultative heterothermy, or even torpor, as a physiological mechanism to reduce its metabolic rate and conserve energy in its tropical environment. [2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhaphidura leucopygialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686661A93120578.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22686661/93120578. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Shipley, J. R., Gu, D. Y., Salzman, T. C., & Winkler, D. W. (2015). Heterothermic flexibility allows energetic savings in a small tropical swift: The Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis). The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 132(3), 697–703.
Wikidata ☰ Q31632 entry
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