Sabine's spinetail

Sabine's spinetail
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Apodidae
Genus: Rhaphidura
Species:
R. sabini
Binomial name
Rhaphidura sabini
(Gray, JE, 1829)

Sabine's spinetail (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin; Rhaphidura sabini, sometimes spelled Raphidura sabini) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest.[2]

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate General Sir Edward Sabine.

Diet

The Sabine's spinetail is a frugivore.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhaphidura sabini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22686664A93120762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22686664A93120762.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Bates, John. The Genetic Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Amazonian Forest Birds (Thesis). Louisiana State University Libraries.


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