Pale Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta(Cabanis, JL, 1851)
English (US) Pale Crag Martin
The Pale Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) 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.
- Scientific name
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Pale Crag Martin
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta spatzi
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta presaharica
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta buchanani
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta obsoleta
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta arabica
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta perpallida
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta pallida
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Cotyle obsoleta
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1851)
- Type locality
- northeast Africa; restricted to 'lower Egypt on the right bank of the Nile in the region of Cairo and the neighboring Moqattam Hills', by Vaurie, 1951, p. 16.
- Original description
- Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 1 p.50
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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