Mottled Spinetail

The Mottled Spinetail is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The Mottled Spinetail is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Telacanthura ussheri. More

The Mottled spinetail is patchily distributed across sub-Saharan Africa, and is most common along the West African coast. In southern Africa it is scarce and localised, with scattered populations in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and the Caprivi Strip. It mainly forages in small flocks, usually over dense woodland, such as miombo (Brachystegia) woodland, evergreen and riverine forest, etc. It usually lives in colonies of about 2-5 breeding pairs, however it does occasionally nest solitarily. More

a picture of the Mottled Spinetail on page 257. The Mottled Spinetail belongs to the family of birds classified as apodidae. According to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology the Mottled Spinetail is also known by these other names: Mottle-throated Spinetail, Ussher's Spine-tailed Swift. The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. More