Forest Swallow
Atronanus fuliginosus(Chapin, JP, 1925)
English (US) Forest Swallow
The Forest Swallow (Atronanus fuliginosus) 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: lowland forest of eastern Nigeria, southern Cameroon, and GabonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Atronanus fuliginosus
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Forest Swallow
- Described by
- (Chapin, JP, 1925)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lecythoplastes fuliginosus
- Described by
- (Chapin, JP, 1925)
- Type locality
- A Lolodorf, Cameroons.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.12, vol.1, no.1 p.149 fig.6A
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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