Petrochelidon
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| An American cliff swallow starting to build a mud nest under the eaves of a building in California | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Petrochelidon Cabanis, 1850 |
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Petrochelidon is a genus of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows. The genus name Petrochelidon is from the Ancient Greek words petros, "rock", and khelidon, "swallow".[1]
The genus includes all of the five species of birds commonly called cliff swallow, and contains the following species:
Species in taxonomic order
- Red-throated cliff swallow (Petrochelidon rufigula)
- Preuss's cliff swallow (Petrochelidon preussi)
- Red Sea cliff swallow (Petrochelidon perdita)
- South African cliff swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera)
- Forest swallow (Petrochelidon fuliginosa)
- Fairy martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
- Tree martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
- American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Chestnut-collared swallow (Petrochelidon rufocollaris)
- Streak-throated swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola)
References
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 300. ISBN 1408125013.
External links
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