Hill Swallow
Hirundo domicolaJerdon, TC, 1841
English (US) Hill Swallow
The Hill Swallow (Hirundo domicola) 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: southern India and Sri LankaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundo domicola
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Hill Swallow
- Described by
- Jerdon, TC, 1841
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Jerdon, TC, 1841
- Type locality
- Nilgiris.
- Original description
- Madras Journal of Literature and Science 13, pt.1, no.30 p.173
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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