Ridgway's rough-winged swallow

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Ridgway's rough-winged swallow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Stelgidopteryx
Species:
Subspecies:
S. s. ridgwayi
Trinomial name
Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi
Nelson, 1901
Synonyms

Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi

Ridgway's rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi) is a bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Most taxonomic authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the northern rough-winged swallow.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate American ornithologist Robert Ridgway.

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