Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Czech | rorýs papuánský |
| Dutch | Nieuw-Guinese Gierzwaluw |
| English | Papuan Spinetailed Swift |
| English (United States) | Papuan Spinetailed Swift |
| French | Martinet papou |
| French (French Guiana) | Martinet papou |
| German | Papuasegler |
| Indonesian | Kapinis-jarum papua |
| Japanese | パプアハリオアマツバメ |
| Norwegian | papuaseiler |
| Polish | krótkosternik nowogwinejski |
| Russian | Папуанский колючехвост |
| Serbian | Papuanska iglorepa čiopa |
| Slovak | srp papuánsky |
| Spanish | Vencejo Papú |
| Spanish (Spain) | Vencejo papú |
| Swedish | papuataggstjärtseglare |
| Turkish | Papua İğnekuyruğu |
| Ukrainian | Голкохвіст новогвінейський |
Mearnsia novaeguineae (D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
PROTONYM:
Chaetura novaeguineae
D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879. Annali d.Museo Civico di Storia Naturale d.Genova 14, p.55.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Fly River, New Guinea.
Definitions
- MEARNSIA
- novaeguinae / novaeguineae / novaeguineensis
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Papuan Spinetailed Swift Mearnsia novaeguineae Scientific name definitions
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 10, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 10, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Papuan Spinetailed Swift Mearnsia novaeguineae
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Papuan Spinetailed Swift (Mearnsia novaeguineae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.papnee1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 10, 2014
- Papuan Spinetail Mearnsia novaeguineae
Authors
Philip Chantler and Peter F. D. Boesman
Revisors
Peter F. D. Boesman
Recommended Citation
Chantler, P. and P. F. D. Boesman (2014). Papuan Spinetail (Mearnsia novaeguineae). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.