Swifts
Black Spinetail
Telacanthura melanopygia
The Black Spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia) is a 52 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.
- Family
- Swifts
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Weight
- 52 g
- Habitat
- Forest
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Resident
- Countries recorded
- 8
Recorded in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Central African Rep., Liberia.
Where to see it: Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire); Dzanga-Sangha NP · Dzanga Bai (Central African Republic); IET station (Côte d'Ivoire); Meno River (Côte d'Ivoire); Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary (Ghana).