Showing posts with label Genus Rhaphidura. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genus Rhaphidura. Show all posts

Thursday, June 14, 2012

>Rhaphidura sabini (Sabine's Spinetail)

Sabine's Spinetail


 



Sabine's Spinetail
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Rhaphidura
Species:R. sabini
Binomial name
Rhaphidura sabini
(Gray, 1829)
The Sabine's Spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.

>Rhaphidura leucopygialis (Silver-rumped Spinetail)

Silver-rumped Spinetail


 



Silver-rumped Spinetail
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Rhaphidura
Species:R. leucopygialis
Binomial name
Rhaphidura leucopygialis
(Blyth, 1849)
The Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its naturalhabitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>>Genus Rhaphidura

Rhaphidura


Rhaphidura
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Apodidae
Genus:Rhaphidura
Oates, 1883
Rhaphidura is a genus of swift in the Apodidae family. It contains the following species:
  • Silver-rumped Spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)
  • Sabine's Spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)