Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 (cave swallow)

Aves - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae

Alternative combination: Hirundo fulva

Belongs to Petrochelidon according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Bernstein 1965, Morgan 1994 and Oswald and Steadman 2018

Sister taxa: Petrochelidon albifrons, Petrochelidon lunifrons, Petrochelidon melanogaster, Petrochelidon nigricans, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Cayman Islands (1), the Dominican Republic (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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