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Papuan spine-tailed swift

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Distribution
Habitat
Food
Breeding
Conservation
References

{{Taxobox
| name = Papuan spine-tailed swift
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = ^[1]
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Aves
| ordo = Apodiformes
| familia = Apodidae
| genus = Mearnsia
| species = M. novaeguineae
| binomial = Mearnsia novaeguineae
| binomial_authority = (D’Albertis & Salvadori, 1879)
}}

The Papuan spine-tailed swift (Mearnsia novaeguineae), also known as the Papuan needletail, New Guinea spine-tailed swift or Papua spinetail, is a small (11.5 cm in length), stocky swift with a short, rounded tail and very fast flight. Head and upperparts glossy blue-black, white or whitish belly and undertail coverts, dark underwing with pale central stripe. The small spines at the end of the tail are not visible in flight.

Distribution

Endemic to New Guinea where it is widespread in the lowlands and hills up to 550 m. It has been recorded from Boigu Island, Queensland, Australian territory in north-western Torres Strait.

Habitat

Forest edges, gardens and cleared areas with standing dead trees.

Food

Flying insects.

Breeding

Nests in a high tree hollows.

Conservation

Common and widespread species assessed as being of Least Concern.

References

1. ^{{IUCN|id=22686634 |title=Mearnsia novaeguineae |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}

Beehler, Bruce M.; & Finch, Brian W. (1985). Species Checklist of the Birds of New Guinea. RAOU Monograph No.1. Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union: Melbourne. {{ISBN|0-9599823-2-9}}
Beehler, Bruce M.; Pratt, Thane K.; & Zimmerman, Dale A. (1986). Birds of New Guinea. Wau Ecology Handbook No.9. Princeton University Press. {{ISBN|0-691-02394-8}}
BirdLife International. (2006). Species factsheet: Mearnsia novaeguineae. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2 February 2007
Clarke, Rohan H. (2006). Papuan Spine-tailed Swifts Mearnsia novaeguineae on Boigu Island, Torres Strait, Queensland. Australian Field Ornithology 23: 125-129.
Coates, Brian J. (1985). The Birds of Papua New Guinea. Volume 1: Non-Passerines. Dover Publications: Alderley, Queensland. {{ISBN|0-9590257-0-7}}

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