spinetail

English

yellow-chinned spinetail (Certhiaxis cinnamomeus)

Chotoy spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus)

stripe-crowned spinetail (Cranioleuca pyrrhophia)

white-rumped spinetail (Zoonavena sylvatica)

hoary-throated spinetail (Synallaxis kollari)

Etymology

spine +‎ tail

Noun

spinetail (plural spinetails)

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 family Dendrocolaptidae, allied to the ovenbirds.
3. (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

• chotoy spinetail (Schoeniophylax phryganophilus)
• white-bellied spinetail (Mazaria propinqua)
• white-browed spinetail (Hellmayrea gularis)

 

Other

• Parker's spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
• tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura spp.)
• white-breasted spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)

 

See also

• needletail (occasionally a synonym of spinetail)

Anagrams

• platinise