Classification

Original description

Citation:
  Gmelin, JF 1789

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 2 1 pt2 p.1016

Protonym:
  Hirundo tahitica

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0F75B0E51C68DE8E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0F75B0E5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0F75B0E5

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560490

Geographic range:

• Hirundo domicola: S India and Sri Lanka
• Hirundo tahitica tahitica: Society Islands (Moorea and Tahiti)
• Hirundo tahitica javanica: Andamans and Myanmar to Indochina, Sundas, Wallacea, Philippines
• Hirundo tahitica namiyei: Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan
• Hirundo tahitica frontalis: N and w New Guinea
• Hirundo tahitica ambiens: New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago)
• Hirundo tahitica subfusca: New Ireland to Solomons, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga
• Hirundo tahitica albescens: S and e New Guinea
• Hirundo neoxena neoxena: breeds in southeastern and eastern Australia, including Tasmania, with some of the population migrating north to northeastern Australia, and on Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands. In the mid 20th century also colonized New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and the Chatham Islands
• Hirundo neoxena carteri: SW Western Australia (North West Cape to about Eyre); >n
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