Aves - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Hirundinidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Gaillard 1939, Lambrecht 1933, Mlikovsky 2002 and Morgan 1994
Sister taxa: Cecropis, Delichon, Petrochelidon, Phedina, Ptyonoprogne, Riparia, Tachycineta
Subtaxa: Hirundo fossilis Hirundo neoxena Hirundo rustica Hirundo tahitica
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (3 collections), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Italy (5), Pitcairn (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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