Taken on 27/05/2011
The Black Spinetail is distributed in apparently disjunct areas in tropical Africa from Sierra Leone in the west to north-east Zaire and north-east Angola. It is found over rainforest, plantations and rocky areas. Black Spinetail, Aboabo Forest, Ghana, May 2011 - click for larger image It has a prominent tail which is square when closed and rounded when spread during soaring. It is generally dark black-brown but there is contrast on the underwings and paler mottling on the throat.
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