Sabine's spinetail
| Sabine's spinetail | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Genus: | Rhaphidura |
| Species: | R. sabini
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhaphidura sabini (Gray, JE, 1829)
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Sabine's spinetail (/ˈseɪbɪn/ SAY-bin; Rhaphidura sabini, sometimes spelled Raphidura sabini) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. It is found in forests[2] of 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.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate General Sir Edward Sabine.
Diet[edit]
The Sabine's spinetail is a frugivore.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Bates, John. The Genetic Effects of Forest Fragmentation on Amazonian Forest Birds (Thesis). Louisiana State University Libraries.
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