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Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla]

Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla] (= Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) (Cabanis, JL 1851)

The pale crag martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family that is resident in northern Africa and in southwestern Asia east to Pakistan. It breeds mainly in the mountains, but also at lower altitudes, especially in rocky areas and around towns. Unlike most swallows, it is often found far from water. It is 12–13 cm (4.5–5 in) long, with mainly brown plumage, paler-toned on the upper breast and underwing coverts, and with white "windows" on the spread tail in flight. The sexes are similar in appearance, but juveniles have pale fringes to the upperparts and flight feathers. It was formerly considered to be the northern subspecies of the rock martin of southern Africa, although it is smaller, paler, and whiter-throated than that species. The pale crag martin hunts along cliff faces for flying insects using a slow flight with much gliding. Its call is a soft twitter. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Hirundinidae
Genus:
   Ptyonoprogne
Scientific:
  Ptyonoprogne obsoleta

Original description

Citation:
  (Cabanis, JL 1851)

Reference:
   Mus. Heineanum 1 p.50

Imprint year:
  1850-1851

Protonym:
  Cotyle obsoleta

Type locality:
  northeast Africa; restricted to 'lower Egypt on the right bank of the Nile in the region of Cairo and the neighboring Moqattam Hills', by Vaurie, 1951, p. 16.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196124#page/66/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0A7397125D7598AB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0A739712

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0A739712

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916668

Geographic range:

  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta obsoleta: Egypt to Arabia and Iran
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta buchanani: south-central Sahara (Aïr Massif of northern Niger)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta perpallida: southern Iraq and northeastern Saudi Arabia
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta presaharica: southern Morocco, Algeria (except southern), and northern Mauritania
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta spatzi: southern Algeria, southwestern Libya, and northern Chad
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta pallida: eastern Iran, southern Afghanistan, and Pakistan
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta arabica: northeastern Chad, northern Sudan, southwestern Arabia, Eritrea, northern Somalia, and Socotra Island
  • Ptyonoprogne fuligula pusilla: southern Mali to Eritrea and Ethiopia
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla]
French:
Hirondelle du désert [incl. pusilla]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla])
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
eBird version 1.52:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 1.53:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 1.54:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 1.55:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2015:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2016:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2017:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2018:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2019:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2021:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2022:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
eBird version 2023:
Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin) ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group]) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Pale Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Pale Crag Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 2]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Ptyonoprogne [fuligula, rufigula or obsoleta]

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Afrikaans: Kransswael (Vaal)
Arabic: خطاف الصخر (فاتح)
Azerbaijani: Kiçik dağ qaranquşu [obsoleta qrupu], Kiçik qaya qaranquşu [obsoleta qrupu]
Bulgarian: Африканска лястовица [Група obsoleta]
Czech: břehule hnědá [skupina obsoleta], břehule světlehnědá
Danish: Lys Klippesvale, Lys Klippesvale [obsoleta Gruppe]
German: Steinschwalbe [obsoleta-Gruppe], Wüstenschwalbe
Greek: Ερημοχελίδονο [obsoleta ομάδα], Ερημοχελίδονο [obsoleta]
English: Pale Crag Martin, Pale Crag-Martin [incl. pusilla], Pale Rock Martin, Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin)
English (United Kingdom): Rock Martin (Pale Crag Martin)
English, HBW: Pale Rock Martin
English (IOC): Pale Crag Martin
English (UAE): Rock Martin (Pale Crag Martin)
English (United States): Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin)
Esperanto: Dezerta rokhirundo
Spanish: Avión Isabel (grupo obsoleta), Avión isabel norteño, Avión Isabelino (grupo obsoleta), Avión isabelino [Grupo obsoleta]
Spanish (Spain): Avión isabel (grupo obsoleta), Avión isabelino (grupo obsoleta)
Spanish (HBW): Avión isabelino [Grupo obsoleta]
Estonian: kõrbe-kivipääsuke
Persian: چلچله بیابانی [obsoleta Group]
Finnish: aavikkopääsky
French: Hirondelle du désert, Hirondelle du désert [incl. pusilla], Hirondelle isabelline (du désert)
Hebrew: סנונית מדבר (מזרח תיכונית)
Croatian: sivosmeđa lastavica
Icelandic: Steinsvala [obsoleta hópur]
Italian: Rondine montana pallida
Japanese (romaji): afurikachairotsubame (obsoleta guru-pu)
Japanese: アフリカチャイロツバメ (obsoleta グループ), アフリカチャイロツバメ（obsoleta グループ）, ウスチャイロツバメ
Scientific: Cotyle obsoleta, Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group], Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [incl. pusilla], Ptyonoprogne obsoleta obsoleta
Lithuanian: Afrikinė uolinė kregždė [obsoleta grupė], dykuminė kregždė
Latvian: palsā čurkste
Dutch: Vale Rotszwaluw, Vale Rotszwaluw (obsoleta groep)
Norwegian: ørkensvale, ravinesvale (obsoleta gr.) (ørkensvale)
Polish: jaskółka blada [gr. obsoleta], jaskółka płowa
Portuguese: andorinha-das-rochas-pálida
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinha-das-rochas-africana [grupo obsoleta], andorinha-do-deserto, andorinha-isabel [grupo obsoleta]
Russian: Горная ласточка [группа obsoleta], Пустынная скалистая ласточка
Slovak: lastovička púštna, lastovička púštna (skup.)
Slovenian: Afriška skalna lastovka [obsoleta]
Serbian: Istočna gorska lasta [obsoleta grupa]
Swedish: blek klippsvala
Turkish: Küçük kaya kırlangıcı [obsoleta grubu]
Ukrainian: ластівка пустельна
Chinese: 灰喉燕
Chinese (Traditional): 灰喉燕

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