| Telacanthura | |
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| Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Apodidae |
| Tribe: | Chaeturini |
| Genus: | Telacanthura Mathews, 1918 |
| Type species | |
| Chaetura ussheri[1] Sharpe, 1870
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Telacanthura is a genus of swift in the family Apodidae.[2] It contains the following species:[3]
- Black spinetail (Telacanthura melanopygia)
- Mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
- ^ "Apodidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ ITIS #553657
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Owlet-nightjars, treeswifts & swifts". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2024.