Aves - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Parent taxon: Passeriformes according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Baird 1992, Hay 1930, Lambrecht 1933, Parmalee 1992, Wetmore 1940, Wetmore 1956 and Wetmore 1962
Sister taxa: Acanthisittidae, Acanthizidae, Acrocephalidae, Alaudidae, Artamidae, Atrichornithidae, Bernieridae, Bombycillidae, Calcariidae, Callaeidae, Calyptophilidae, Campephagidae, Cardinalidae, Certhiidae, Cinclidae, Cinclosomatidae, Climacteridae, Coerebidae, Corvidae, Corvitalusoides, Cracticidae, Dasyornithidae, Dicaeidae, Dulidae, Emberizidae, Eopsaltriidae, Estrildidae, Eurylaimidae, Formicaroidae, Fringillidae, Fringilloidae, Furnariidae, Icteridae, Laniidae, Locustellidae, Macrosphenidae, Maluridae, Meliphagidae, Menurae, Mimidae, Mohoidae, Mohouidae, Monarchidae, Motacillidae, Muscicapidae, Nectariniidae, Oriolidae, Orthonychidae, Oscines, Pachycephalidae, Paradisaeidae, Paridae, Parulidae, Passerellidae, Passeres, Passeridae, Petroicidae, Phaenicophilidae, Phylloscopidae, Pipridae, Ploceidae, Polioptilidae, Prunellidae, Psophodidae, Ptilonorhynchidae, Pycnonotidae, Rhinocryptidae, Rhipiduridae, Scotocercidae, Scytalopidae, Sittidae, Spindalidae, Sturnidae, Sylviidae, Thamnophilidae, Thraupidae, Tichodromidae, Tityridae, Troglodytidae, Turdidae, Tyrannidae, Vangidae, Vireonidae, Wieslochia, Winnicavis, Yunnanus, Zosteropidae
Subtaxa: Cecropis Delichon Hirundo Petrochelidon Phedina Ptyonoprogne Riparia Tachycineta
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (6 collections), the Bahamas (2), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Egypt (1), Greece (3), Hungary (2), Italy (7), Madagascar (1), Pitcairn (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (8: Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Virginia, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)
Total: 45 collections including 55 occurrences