• Synonyms Ussher's Spinetail, Mottled Spinetail Swift, Mottle-throated Needletail, Mottle-throated Spinte-tailed Swift, Mottled-throated Spinetail, Mottled-throated Spine-tailed Swif, Mottled-throated Spine-tailed Swift, Ussher's Spine-tailed Swift, Mottle-throated Spinetailed Swift, Mottled-throated Needletail, Mottle-throated Spinetail, Mottled-throated Swift, Mottled Spinetailed Swift
  • Old latin name for bird Chaetura ussheri, Telecanthura ussheri

Mottled Spinetailbird sounds *

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

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Where to see Mottled Spinetail

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion widespread

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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, Baobab Tornhalesejler
DutchBaobabgierzwaluw, Boabab-gierzwaluw, Boababgierzwaluw
EsperantoPunktita pinglovostulo
Estoniantähnik-kammsaba
Finnishsuomukiitäjä
FrenchMartinet d’Ussher, Martinet d'Ussher, Martinet épineux à queue tachetée, Martinet épineux d'Ussher
GermanBaobabsegler, Fleckenbrustsegler, Baobab Segler
Hungarianbaobab sarlósfecske
ItalianRondone codaspinosa gola marezzata, Rondone codaspinosa maculato
Japaneseノドフハリオアマツバメ
Lithuaniandėmėtagurklė telekantura
Norwegianbaobabseiler
Norwegian NynorskBaobabseglar
Polishkolcosternik luskogardly, kolcosternik łuskogardły
Portugueseandorinhão-de-ussher, Rabo-espinhoso-malhado
RussianПёстрый колючехвост, Стриж пестрый колючехвостый, Пятнистогорлый иглохвост
SerbianPirgava iglorepa čiopa
Slovaksrp škvrnitohrdlý
SpanishRabitojo de Garganta Multicolor, Vencejo de baobab
SwahiliTeleka Koo-madoa
Swedishbaobabseglare, Marmortaggstjärtseglare, vattrad taggstjärtseglare
TurkishBaobab iğnekuyruğu, Baobab İğnekuyruğu
Ukrainianголкохвіст плямистоволий