Petrochelidon Cabanis 1850 (swallow)
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Aves - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Parent taxon: Hirundinidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Hay 1930, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1962
Sister taxa: Cecropis, Delichon, Hirundo, Phedina, Ptyonoprogne, Riparia, Tachycineta
Subtaxa: Petrochelidon albifrons Petrochelidon fulva Petrochelidon lunifrons Petrochelidon melanogaster Petrochelidon nigricans Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Type: Hirundo melanogaster
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), the Bahamas (2), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (2), United States (4: California, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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