Mearnsia
Appearance
Mearnsia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Apodidae |
Tribe: | Chaeturini |
Genus: | Mearnsia Ridgway, 1911 |
Type species | |
Chaetura picina[1] Tweeddale, 1879
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Mearnsia is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae.
It contains the following species:[2]
- Philippine spinetail (Mearnsia picina)
- Papuan spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae)
References
[edit]- ^ "Apodidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2023.