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Telacanthura

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Telacanthura
Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Tribe: Chaeturini
Genus: Telacanthura
Mathews, 1918
Type species
Chaetura ussheri[1]
Sharpe, 1870

Telacanthura is a genus of swift in the family Apodidae.[2] It contains the following species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Apodidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ ITIS #553657
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2024.