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Other related concepts

• Tachycineta bicolor x Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (hybrid)
• Tachycineta thalassina x Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (hybrid)
• Hirundo rustica x Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (hybrid)
• Petrochelidon [pyrrhonota x pallida] (hybrid)
• Petrochelidon [pyrrhonota x fulva] (hybrid)
• Petrochelidon [fulva or pyrrhonota] (taxon group)
• Petrochelidon [rufocollaris or pyrrhonota] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Azerbaijani: qaşğa qaranquş
Belarusian: Белалобая ластаўка
Bulgarian: Американска брегова лястовица, Американска лястовица
Catalan: Oreneta de cingle, oreneta dels cingles
Chipewyan: tsanlsee
Cree: mîcaskosîs, mistshasgosees
Cree, Plains: mistshasgosees
Cree (syllabic): ᒦᒐᐢᑯᓰᐢ
Czech: Vlaštovka pestrá
Welsh: Gwennol ddibyn America
Danish: Stensvale
German: Fahlstirnschwalbe
Greek: Αμερικανικό Γκρεμοχελίδονο, Πετρoχελίδovo
English: American Cliff Swallow, American Cliff-Swallow, Bank swallow, Cliff Swallow, Crescent Swallow, eave, Eave Swallow, North American Cliff-Swallow, Republican Swallow, Rocky Mountain Swallow
English, HBW: Cliff Swallow
English (IOC): American Cliff Swallow
English (United States): Cliff Swallow
Esperanto: Klifhirundo
Spanish: Golondrina Alfarera, Golondrina de alcantarilla, Golondrina de Farallón, Golondrina de las Rocas, Golondrina de Peñasco, Golondrina Gorginegra, Golondrina grande, Golondrina rabadilla canel, Golondrina rabadilla canela, Golondrina Rabadilla Parda, Golondrina Risquera
Spanish (Argentine): Golondrina rabadilla canel, Golondrina Rabadilla Canela
Spanish (Chile): Golondrina grande
Spanish (Colombia): Golondrina Alfarera, Golondrina de acantilado, Golondrina risquera
Spanish (Costa Rica): Golondrina Risquera
Spanish (Cuba): Golondrina de cuevas americana, Golondrina de Farallón
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Golondrina de Farallón
Spanish (Ecuador): Golondrina de Riscos
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina Risquera
Spanish (HBW): Golondrina risquera
Spanish (Honduras): Golondrina de alcantarilla
Spanish (Mexico): Golondrina Risquera
Spanish (Nicaragua): Golondrina Gorginegra
Spanish (Panama): Golondrina Risquera
Spanish (Peru): Golondrina Risquera
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Golondrina de Peñasco
Spanish (Paraguay): Golondrina rabadilla canela
Spanish (Uruguay): Golondrina Rabadilla Canela, Golondrina Rabadilla Parda
Spanish (Venezuela): Golondrina Risquera
Estonian: ameerika kaljupääsuke
Basque: Harkaitz-enara
Finnish: Amerikanpääsky
French: Hirondelle à front blanc
Frisian: Amerikaanske klifswel
Irish: Fáinleog aghaidhbhán, Fáinleog Aille
Guadeloupean Creole French: Hirondelle
Galician: Andoriña de testa branca
Guarani: Mbyju'i
Manx: Gollan eaynin
Haitian Creole French: Irondèl fwon blanch
Hebrew: סנונית אמריקנית
Croatian: lastavica litičarka
Hungarian: sziklafecske, Sziklai fecske
Icelandic: Klettasvala
Italian: Rondine delle rocce, Rondine muraiola, Rondine rupestre americana
Japanese (romaji): sanshokutsubame
Japanese: サンショクツバメ
Kara-Kalpak: жар асты қарлығашы
Scientific: Hirundo albifrons, Hirundo fulva, Hirundo fumaria, Hirundo lunifrons, Hirundo melanogaster, Hirundo pyrrhonota, Petrochelidon albifrons, Petrochelidon fulva fulva, Petrochelidon lunifrons, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota albifrons, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota
Lithuanian: Baltakaktė klifinė kregždė, Baltakaktė kregždė
Latvian: baltpieres bezdelīga
Macedonian: Цвеногушеста ластовичка
Dutch: Amerikaanse kilfzwaluw, Amerikaanse Klifzwaluw, Amerikaanse klipzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Mursvale
Norwegian: Mursvale
Polish: jaskólka rdzawoszyja, jaskółka rdzawoszyja
Portuguese: Andorinha-de-dorso-acanelado, andorinha-de-dorso-acanelado / andorinha-de-testa-branca, andorinha-de-sobre-acanelado, Andorinha-de-testa-branca, andorinha-do-penhasco
Portuguese (Brazil): Andorinha-de-dorso-acanelado, andorinha-de-sobre-acanelado, andorinha-do-penhasco
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinha-de-testa-branca, andorinha-d'uropígio-canela
Romanian: Rândunică cu frunte albă
Russian: американская горная ласточка, Белолобая горная ласточка, Белолобая ласточка, Красношейная ласточка, Ласточка белолобая
Northern Sami: Muvraspálfu
Slovak: Lastovička bralová
Slovenian: pečinska lastovka
Serbian: Američka lasta litičarka
Swedish: Stensvala
Turkish: ak alınlı kırlangıç, Akalınlı kırlangıç, Ak-alınlı Kırlangıç, Amerika kırlangıcı
Ukrainian: Ясківка білолоба
Chinese: 美洲燕
Chinese (Traditional): 紅石燕