Biology:Telacanthura
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Telacanthura is a genus containing two species of swift in the family Apodidae that are found in Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus Telacanthura was introduced in 1918 by the Australian-born ornithologist Gregory Mathews with the type species as Chaetura ussheri Sharpe, 1870, the mottled spinetail.[1][2] The genus name is from Ancient Greek τελος/telos meaning "accomplished" or "end" with ακανθα/akantha meaning "thorn".[3]
The genus contains two species:[4]
- Black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia)
- Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
References
- ↑ Mathews, Gregory (1918). Birds of Australia. 7. London: Witherby. p. 264. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53451500.
- ↑ Peters, James Lee, ed (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 235. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14476706.
- ↑ Jobling, James A.. "Telacanthura". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/key-to-scientific-names/search?q=Telacanthura.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (August 2024). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/swifts/.
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