Tawny-headed Swallow
Alopochelidon fucata(Temminck, CJ, 1822)
English (US) Tawny-headed Swallow
The Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hirundinidae (Swallows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Venezuela and northern Brazil; Brazil south of the Amazon River to northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Alopochelidon fucata
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tawny-headed Swallow
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo fucata
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1822)
- Type locality
- Brazil ; vicinity of the City of Sao Paulo suggested as type locality by Pinto, 1944, Aves do Brasil, pt. 2, p. 316.
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.27, vol.4 pl.161 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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