Fanti Saw-wing
Psalidoprocne obscura(Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
English (US) Fanti Saw-wing
The Fanti Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura) 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: Senegambia to eastern Nigeria, southwestern Cameroon, and Central African RepublicRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Psalidoprocne obscura
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Fanti Saw-wing
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo obscura
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1855)
- Type locality
- Dabocrom, Gold Coast.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 3, no.17 p.355
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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