Andean Swallow

Taxobox
name = Andean Swallow


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = Fact|date=October 2007
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Hirundinidae
genus = "Haplochelidon"
species = "H. andecola"
binomial = "Haplochelidon andecola"
binomial_authority = ((D'Orbigny and Lafresnaye, 1837)
synonyms = "Petrochelidon andecola" (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)The Andean Swallow ("Haplochelidon andecola") is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is monotypic within the genus "Haplochelidon".It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/52185/all Haplochelidon andecola] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 26 July 2007.