Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Southern Rough-winged Swallow
The Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) 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
- Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Stelgidopteryx ruficollis decolor
- Stelgidopteryx ruficollis uropygialis
- Stelgidopteryx ruficollis aequalis
- Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo ruficollis
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Brazil.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 14 p.523
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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