The tree martin is a member of the swallow family of passerine birds. It breeds in Australia, mostly south of latitude 20°S and on Timor island. It is migratory, wintering through most of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia east of the Wallace Line and the Solomon Islands. It is a vagrant to New Zealand, where it has bred, and New Caledonia. This species is frequently placed in the genus Hirundo as Hirundo nigricans. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1817)
Reference:
Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd.
14 p.523
Protonym:
Hirundo nigricans
Type locality:
New Holland, error = Hobart, Tasmania; see Mathews, 1913, Austral Av. Rec., 2, p. 65.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60162#page/545/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
CF1BEA6BD9E9F98C
Avibase ID:
avibase-CF1BEA6B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CF1BEA6B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916687
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Hirondelle des arbres ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Hirondelle des arbres ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Tree Martin ( Petrochelidon nigricans) [version 1] |
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
Oriental Bird Club: Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Petrochelidon nigricans [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Petrochelidon nigricans [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Petrochelidon nigricans [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Tree Martin ( Hirundo nigricans) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Hirundo nigricans [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Petrochelidon nigricans [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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