Species profile
Black Spinetail
Telacanthura melanopygia
Quick answer
Sierra Leone to southern Ghana, Gabon, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northeastern Angola
- Scientific name
- Telacanthura melanopygia
- Family
- Apodidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Telacanthura
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Black Spinetail in your journal
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