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Definition of spinetail in English: spinetailnounˈspʌɪnteɪl Any of a number of birds with pointed feather tips projecting beyond the tail. a small tropical American ovenbird (Synallaxis and other genera, family Furnariidae). (also 'spine-tailed swift') a mainly African and Asian swift (several genera in the family Apodidae).See also needletail Example sentencesExamples - Monkey Bay and Salima are the best areas to spot the African Fish Eagle, golden and brown throated weavers, collared and mottled spinetails and the palm swift.
- The fastest of all is the spine-tailed swift, which lives Asia and can fly at 170 km/hr.
- Such a diverse range of scenery supports a very rich and diverse wildlife, from storks to spinetails, parakeets to plantcutters.
- Measured in straight flight, the spine-tailed swift is the fastest bird.
- There is also a well-known breeding place (which is shared with the spine-tailed swift, Cluzetura caudacuta) behind the Kegon waterfall, near Nikko, Japan.
- The jacket says ‘several plates have been revised by the artist’ but I found only one change: a new Plate 10 for African spinetails.
- That's quadruple the air time of the usual free fall and almost twice the speed of the world's fastest bird, the spine-tailed swift.
- There are two subfamilies of swifts: 13 species of Cypseloidinae (primitive American swifts) and 79 species of Apodinae (swiftlets, spinetails and typical swifts).
- Many furnarids are hard to see, and harder still to photograph, including numerous spinetails, canasteros, reedhaunters, and treerunners.
- We came across a pair of agitated crested spinetails and a very active grey-throated leaftosser.
- The extent of threat from the spine-tailed swift is uncertain due to lack of information about chemicals used in agriculture in the countries travelled through by the swift whilst migrating.
- The fastest bird is the spine-tailed swift, which can fly at a top speed of 170 kilometers an hour!
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