Cliff Swallow (melanogaster)

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster

Classification

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae

Petrochelidon is a genus of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows. Taxonomy The genus Petrochelidon was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis. He listed several species in the new genus but did not specify the type species.

Distribution

Cliff Swallow (melanogaster) — (c) Robert Webster, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Mexico · 18United States of America · 12Canada · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Robert Webster, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionPetrochelidon, Wikipedia contributors

Cliff Swallow (melanogaster)

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