Petrochelidon

Taxobox
name = "Petrochelidon"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption= Cliff Swallow
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Hirundinidae
genus = "Petrochelidon"
genus_authority = Cabanis 1850
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Petrochelidon" is a genus of birds which includes the following species of cliff-nesting swallows.

pecies in taxonomic order

* Red-throated Swallow ("Petrochelidon rufigula")
* Preuss's Swallow ("Petrochelidon preussi")
* Red Sea Swallow ("Petrochelidon perdita")
* South African Swallow ("Petrochelidon spilodera")
* Forest Swallow ("Petrochelidon fuliginosa")
* Fairy Martin ("Petrochelidon ariel")
* Tree Martin ("Petrochelidon nigricans")
* Cliff Swallow ("Petrochelidon pyrrhonota")
* Cave Swallow ("Petrochelidon fulva")
* Chestnut-collared Swallow ("Petrochelidon rufocollaris")

External links

* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Petrochelidon.html#Petrochelidon "Petrochelidon" at Animal Diversity]