Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri] (Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri])

Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri]

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri] (= Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota) (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Hirundinidae
Genus:
   Petrochelidon
Scientific:
  Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota

Original description

Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1817)

Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 14 p.519

Protonym:
Hirundo pyrrhonota

Type locality:
Paraguay.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60162#page/541/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
48266260AED74A9D

Avibase ID:
avibase-48266260

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/48266260

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 178456

Geographic range:

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota: breeds North America from western Alaska to southeastern Canada southward to northwestern Mexico (northern Baja California) and the USA (except for the southwest); winters in South America, from Bolivia and southern Brazil to east-central Argentina; since 2015 also breeding locally in east-central Argentina (this subspecies?), nonbreeding from the southern USA southward to Colombia and Venezuela
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ganieri: southern USA west of Appalachians (Tennessee to Texas); winters to South America

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri]
French:
Hirondelle à front blanc [pyrrhonota ou ganieri]

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 13th suppl.): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 14th suppl.): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 2nd edition (incl. 15th suppl.): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (1910): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 16th suppl.): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 17th suppl.): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 3rd edition (incl. 18th suppl.): Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri] ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri] ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri] ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri] ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri] ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri] ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri])
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Hirundo pyrrhonota pyrrhonota [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota, tachina or ganieri]

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