Preuss's Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon preussi(Reichenow, A, 1898)
English (US) Preuss's Cliff Swallow
The Preuss's Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon preussi) 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: Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Mali to Cameroon and northeastern Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Petrochelidon preussi
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1898)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lecythoplastes preussi
- Described by
- (Reichenow, A, 1898)
- Type locality
- near Edea, Cameroons.
- Original description
- Ornithologische Monatsberichte 6 p.115
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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