Great Swallow-tailed Swift
Panyptila sanctihieronymiSalvin, O, 1863
English (US) Great Swallow-tailed Swift
The Great Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila sanctihieronymi) 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 Apodidae (Swifts) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: mountains of southern Mexico to southern Honduras and (rarely) northern Costa RicaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Panyptila sanctihieronymi
- Family
- Apodidae (Swifts)
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Swallow-tailed Swift
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1863
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Panyptila sancti-hieronymi
- Described by
- Salvin, O, 1863
- Type locality
- San Geronimo, Vera Paz.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1863, pt.2 p.190 pl.23
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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