Red Sea Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon perdita(Fry, CH; Smith, DA, 1985)
English (US) Red Sea Cliff Swallow
The Red Sea Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon perdita) 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: known from one specimen from Red Sea coast of eastern SudanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Petrochelidon perdita
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Red Sea Cliff Swallow
- Described by
- (Fry, CH; Smith, DA, 1985)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo perdita
- Described by
- (Fry, CH; Smith, DA, 1985)
- Original description
- Ibis vol.127 p.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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