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

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Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri]

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

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Classification

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

Original description

Citation:
(Vieillot, 1817)

Reference:
Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. p.519

Protonym:
Hirundo pyrrhonota

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18059493

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 south to northwestern Mexico (northern Baja California) and the United States (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 United States south to Colombia and Venezuela
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ganieri: S US w of Appalachians (Tennessee to Texas); >S 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. 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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Other synonyms

English: Cliff Swallow [pyrrhonota or ganieri]
French: Hirondelle à front blanc (pyrrhonota), Hirondelle à front blanc [pyrrhonota or ganieri], Hirondelle à front blanc [pyrrhonota ou ganieri]
Scientific: Hirundo albifrons, Hirundo lunifrons, Hirundo pyrrhonota, Hirundo pyrrhonota pyrrhonota, Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons, Petrochelidon albifrons aprophata, Petrochelidon albifrons hypopolia, Petrochelidon lunifrons lunifrons, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [pyrrhonota or ganieri], Petrochelidon pyrrhonota albifrons, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota