Mottled Spinetail bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsMottled-throated Spine-tailed Swif, Mottled-throated Spinetail, Mottle-throated Spinetail, Mottled-throated Needletail, Mottle-throated Spinetailed Swift, Ussher's Spine-tailed Swift, Mottled-throated Spine-tailed Swift, Ussher's Spinetail, Mottled-throated Swift, Mottled Spinetailed Swift, Mottled Spinetail Swift, Mottle-throated Needletail, Mottle-throated Spinte-tailed Swift
Old latin name for birdTelecanthura ussheri, Chaetura ussheri
OrderSwifts and hummingbirds / Apodiformes
FamilySwifts / Apodidae
GenusTelacanthura
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

Mottled Spinetail bird sounds *

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    Call, © Louis A. Hansen
    Tanzania
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    Call, © Louis A. Hansen
    Tanzania
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Mottled Spinetail

Mottled Spinetail subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Telacanthura ussheri benguellensisw Angola to Mozambique-No
Telacanthura ussheri sharpeiCameroon and Gabon through DR Congo to Uganda-No
Telacanthura ussheri stictilaemas Kenya and ne, c Tanzania-No
Telacanthura ussheri ussheriSenegal and Gambia to Nigeria-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGevlekte Stekelstert
Catalanfalciot cuaespinós dels baobabs
Chinese斑喉针尾雨燕
Chinese (Traditional)斑喉刺尾雨燕
Croatiančiopa baobašica
Czechrorýs proužkobradý, Rorýs pestrokrký
DanishBaobabtornhalesejler
DutchBoababgierzwaluw, Boabab-gierzwaluw, Baobabgierzwaluw
EsperantoPunktita pinglovostulo
Estoniantähnik-kammsaba
Finnishsuomukiitäjä
FrenchMartinet épineux à queue tachetée, Martinet d’Ussher, Martinet d'Ussher, Martinet épineux d'Ussher
GermanBaobabsegler, Fleckenbrustsegler, Baobab Segler
Hungarianbaobab sarlósfecske
ItalianRondone codaspinosa maculato, Rondone codaspinosa gola marezzata
Japaneseノドフハリオアマツバメ
Lithuaniandėmėtagurklė telekantura
NorwegianBaobabseiler, baobabseiler
Norwegian NynorskBaobabseglar
Polishkolcosternik luskogardly, kolcosternik łuskogardły
Portugueserabo-espinhoso-malhado, andorinhão-de-ussher
RussianПятнистогорлый иглохвост, Пёстрый колючехвост, Стриж пестрый колючехвостый
SerbianPirgava iglorepa čiopa
Slovaksrp škvrnitohrdlý
SpanishRabitojo de Garganta Multicolor, Vencejo de baobab
SwahiliTeleka Koo-madoa
SwedishMarmortaggstjärtseglare, baobabseglare, vattrad taggstjärtseglare
TurkishBaobab İğnekuyruğu, Baobab iğnekuyruğu
Ukrainianголкохвіст плямистоволий