spinetail
English
Etymology
Noun
spinetail (plural spinetails)
- Any of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
- Any of several species of South American and Central American clamatorial birds belonging to Synallaxis and allied genera of the ovenbird family Furnariidae.
- (US, dialect) A ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis).
Derived terms
- in Apodinae
- bat-like spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi)
- black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia)
- Böhm's spinetail (Neafrapus boehmi)
- Cassin's spinetail (Neafrapus cassini)
- Madagascan spinetail, Madagascar spinetail, Malagasy spinetail (Zoonavena grandidieri)
- mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
- Papuan spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae)
- Philippine spinetail (Mearnsia picina)
- Sabine's spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)
- silver-rumped spinetail (Rhaphidura leucopygialis)
- São Tomé spinetail (Zoonavena thomensis)
- white-rumped spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica)
- 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
- Other
Translations
bird of Synallaxis and allied genera
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ruddy duck — see ruddy duck
See also
- needletail (occasionally a synonym of spinetail)