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Pale Crag-Martin

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://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49584429

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A97BDA8427A0F38E

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A97BDA84

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A97BDA84

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
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Source: Clements checklist
English:
Pale Crag-Martin
Catalan:
Roquerol del desert
Czech:
břehule světlehnědá
Danish:
Lys Klippesvale
German:
Wüstenschwalbe
Spanish:
Avión isabel norteño
Finnish:
aavikkopääsky
French:
Hirondelle du désert
Croatian:
sivosmeđa lastavica
Hungarian:
Halvány szirtifecske
Italian:
Rondine montana pallida
Japanese (romaji):
usuchairotsubame
Japanese:
ウスチャイロツバメ
Lithuanian:
Dykuminė kregždė
Dutch:
Vale Rotszwaluw
Norwegian:
Ørkensvale
Polish:
jaskółka płowa
Portuguese:
Andorinha-do-deserto
Russian:
Пустынная скалистая ласточка
Slovak:
lastovička púštna
Serbian:
Istočna gorska lasta [obsoleta grupa]
Swedish:
blek klippsvala
Ukrainian:
ластівка пустельна
Chinese:
灰喉燕
Chinese (Traditional):
灰喉燕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Pale Crag Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Pale Crag-martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Hirondelle du désert ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Hirondelle du désert ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2024:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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Clements 4th edition:
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Pale Crag-Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Pale Crag Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Pale Crag Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Pale Crag Martin ( Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Pale Crag-Martin ( Hirundo obsoleta) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Hirundo obsoleta [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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

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Other synonyms

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Belarusian: Пустынная скалістая ластаўка
Bulgarian: Пустинна лястовица
Catalan: Roquerol del desert
Czech: Brehule nilská, Břehule nilská, břehule světlehnědá, vlaštovka světlehnědá, vlaštovka světlhnědá
Welsh: Gwennol clogwyn welw
Danish: Lys Klippesvale
German: Wüstenschwalbe, Wüstenschwalbe-buchanani
Greek: Ερημoχελίδovo
English: Pale Crag Martin, Pale Crag-Martin, Pale Rock Martin, Rock Martin (Pale Crag-Martin)
English (United Kingdom): Rock Martin (Pale Crag Martin)
English (IOC): Pale Crag Martin
Esperanto: Dezerta rokhirundo
Spanish: Avión isabel norteño, Avión isabelino [Grupo obsoleta], Avión Pálido, Golondrina pálida
Spanish (Spain): Avión Isabelino [Grupo obsoleta]
Spanish (HBW): Avión isabelino [Grupo obsoleta]
Estonian: kõrbe-kivipääsuke
Basque: Basamortuko enara
Persian: چلچله بیابانی, چلچلۀ بیابانی
Finnish: Aavikkopääsky
French: Hirondelle concolore, Hirondelle du désert, Hirondelle isabelline (du désert), Hirondelle isabelline [obsoleta], Petite Hirondelle de rochers
Frisian: Feale rotsswel
Irish: Gabhlán fásaigh
Galician: Andoriña do deserto
Manx: Gollan yn 'aasagh
Hebrew: סנונית מדבר, סנונית מדבר (מזרח תיכונית)
Croatian: sivosmeđa lastavica
Hungarian: Halvány szirtifecske
Icelandic: Steinsvala [obsoleta hópur]
Italian: Rondine montana pallida
Japanese (romaji): afurikachairotsubame (obsoleta guru-pu), usuchairotsubame
Japanese: 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, Hirundo obsoleta, Ptyonoprocne obsoleta, Ptyonoprogne fuligula [obsoleta Group], Ptyonoprogne obsoleta, Ptyonoprogne obsoleta obsoleta
Luxembourgish: Wüsteschmuewel
Lithuanian: Dykuminė kregždė, Dykuminė uolinė kregždė
Latvian: palsā čurkste
Dutch: Vale Rotszwaluw, Vale Rotszwaluw (obsoleta groep)
Norwegian: Ørkensvale, Ravinesvale, ravinesvale (obsoleta gr.)
Polish: jaskólka plowa, jaskółka płowa
Portuguese: Andorinha-do-deserto
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinha-das-rochas-africana [grupo obsoleta]
Romanian: Lăstun de deşert
Russian: Буланая ласточка, Пустынная скалистая ласточка
Northern Sami: Sáttoábespálfu
Slovak: lastovička púštna
Slovenian: Bleda skalna lastovka
Serbian: Istočna gorska lasta [obsoleta grupa], Sivosmeđa gorska lasta
Swedish: Blek klippsvala
Turkish: Çöl kırlangıcı
Ukrainian: ластівка пустельна
Chinese: 灰喉燕
Chinese (Traditional): 灰喉燕

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