spinetail
nounEtymology From spine + tail.
1
Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
2
Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
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in Apodinae, bat-like spinetail, black spinetail, Böhm's spinetail, Cassin's spinetail, Madagascan spinetail, Madagascar spinetail, Malagasy spinetail, mottled spinetail, Papuan spinetail, Philippine spinetail, Sabine's spinetail, silver-rumped spinetail, São Tomé spinetail, white-rumped spinetail, in Synallaxis, Apurímac spinetail, Araguaia spinetail, Azara's spinetail, Bahia spinetail, black-throated spinetail, blackish-headed spinetail, Cabanis's spinetail, chestnut-throated spinetail, Chinchiope spinetail, cinereous-breasted spinetail, dark-breasted spinetail, dusky spinetail, great spinetail, grey-bellied spinetail, hoary-throated spinetail, Marañón spinetail, McConnell's spinetail, necklaced spinetail, ochre-cheeked spinetail, pale-breasted spinetail, Pinto's spinetail, plain-crowned spinetail, red-shouldered spinetail, Río Orinoco spinetail, ruddy spinetail, rufous spinetail, rufous-breasted spinetail, rufous-capped spinetail, russet-bellied spinetail, rusty-headed spinetail, silver-throated spinetail, slaty spinetail, sooty-fronted spinetail, Spix's spinetail, stripe-breasted spinetail, white-lored spinetail, white-whiskered spinetail, formerly in Synallaxis, chotoy spinetail, white-bellied spinetail, white-browed spinetail, Other, Coiba spinetail, Parker's spinetail, tit-spinetail, white-breasted spinetail, wren-spinetail- Related terms
- needletail