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Red-throated Crag-Martin

Ptyonoprogne rufigula (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A 1884)

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


Original description

Citation:
  (Fischer, GA; Reichenow, A 1884)

Reference:
   J. f. Orn. 32. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 12. Band, I. Heft, no.165 p.53

Protonym:
  Cotyle rufigula

Type locality:
  Lake Naivasha.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32699983


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A85102D3C3B1152C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A85102D3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A85102D3


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 924910

Geographic range:

  • Ptyonoprogne fuligula rufigula: central and southern Chad, Central African Republic, western Sudan, South Sudan, and southwestern Ethiopia southward through East Africa to northern Mozambique
  • Ptyonoprogne fuligula bansoensis: Sierra Leone to Nigeria and Cameroon
  • Ptyonoprogne fuligula pusilla: southern Mali to Eritrea and Ethiopia
English:
Red-throated Crag-Martin
French:
Hirondelle de Fischer


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Rock Martin [fusciventris, bansoensis or pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris, bansoensis or pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Rock Martin [fusciventris] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Rock Martin [rufigula, bansoensis or pusilla] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [rufigula, bansoensis or pusilla])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Rock Martin [fusciventris] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Rock Martin [fusciventris] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Rock Martin [fusciventris] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Rock Martin [fusciventris] ( Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris])
Clements, version 2024:
Red-throated Crag-Martin ( Ptyonoprogne rufigula) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Red-throated Crag-Martin ( Ptyonoprogne rufigula) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Red-throated Rock Martin ( Ptyonoprogne rufigula) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Ptyonoprogne [fuligula or rufigula] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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English: Red-throated Crag-Martin, Red-throated Rock Martin, Rock Martin [fusciventris, bansoensis or pusilla], Rock Martin [fusciventris], Rock Martin [rufigula, bansoensis or pusilla]
French: Hirondelle isabelline (fusciventris), Hirondelle isabelline [fusciventris, bansoensis ou pusilla], Hirondelle isabelline [fusciventris], Hirondelle isabelline [rufigula, bansoensis ou pusilla]
Scientific: Hirundo fuligula, Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris, bansoensis or pusilla], Ptyonoprogne fuligula [fusciventris], Ptyonoprogne fuligula [rufigula, bansoensis or pusilla], Ptyonoprogne fuligula fuligula, Ptyonoprogne fuligula fusciventris, Ptyonoprogne fuligula rufigula, Ptyonoprogne rufigula, Ptyonoprogne rufigula fusciventris

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