Red-throated Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon rufigula(Bocage, JVB, 1878)
English (US) Red-throated Cliff Swallow
The Red-throated Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon rufigula) 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: Gabon and south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola and northwestern ZambiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Petrochelidon rufigula
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-throated Cliff Swallow
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo rufigula
- Described by
- (Bocage, JVB, 1878)
- Type locality
- Caconda, Benguela.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 6 p.256,269
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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