American Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - Hirondelle à front blanc
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Petrochelidon
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Species:
pyrrhonota
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 15 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 17 à 26 g
Geographic range
Identification
American Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota (Alaska, Canada, w, n, e USA and nw Baja California. nw Mexico.)
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ganieri (sc USA)
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota tachina (sw USA and ne Baja California. nw Mexico.)
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster (extreme se Arizona and sw New Mexico. sw USA. to w and s Mexico)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle à front blanc,
- Golondrina risquera,
- andorinha-de-testa-branca,
- Fahlstirnschwalbe,
- sziklafecske,
- Amerikaanse Klifzwaluw,
- Rondine rupestre americana,
- stensvala,
- Mursvale,
- lastovička bralová,
- vlaštovka pestrá,
- Stensvale,
- amerikanpääsky,
- oreneta dels cingles,
- Klettasvala,
- jaskółka rdzawoszyja,
- baltpieres bezdelīga,
- pečinska lastovka,
- Белолобая ласточка,
- サンショクツバメ,
- 美洲燕,
- 紅石燕,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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