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Hirundinidae (swallow)
Taxonomy
Hirundinidae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant.
It was assigned to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Aves by Wetmore (1962); and to Passeriformes by Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956); to Aves by Wetmore (1962); and to Passeriformes by Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992), Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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Fm. Hirundinidae Rafinesque 1815 [swallow]
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G. Hirundo Linnaeus 1758 [swallow]
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†Hirundo fossilis Gibel 1847
Hirundo neoxena Gould 1842 [welcome swallow]
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus 1758 [barn swallow]
Hirundo tahitica Gmelin 1789 [Pacific swallow]
G. Petrochelidon Cabanis 1850
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Petrochelidon albifrons Rafinesque 1822
Petrochelidon fulva Vieillot 1808 [cave swallow]
Petrochelidon lunifrons Say 1823
Petrochelidon melanogaster Swainson 1827
Petrochelidon nigricans Vieillot 1817 [tree martin]
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Vieillot 1816 [cliff swallow]
G. Tachycineta Cabanis 1850
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Tachycineta bicolor Vieillot 1808 [tree swallow]
†Tachycineta speleodytes Brodkorb 1957 [tree swallow]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma
Collections (46 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Hirundo rustica (35431) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Hirundo rustica (35457) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | Hirundo rustica (125089) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Hirundo neoxena (28298) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | Delichon urbica (34128) | |
| Calabrian | Spain (Castilla-Leon) | Hirundo rustica (34870) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Colorado) | Tachycineta bicolor (152653) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Hirundo sp. (175900) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Hirundinidae indet. (51505) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Petrochelidon albifrons (44954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom | Hirundo rustica (125437) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Hirundo fulva (209851) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Hirundinidae indet. (136157) Hirundo neoxena (136072) Hirundo tahitica, Petrochelidon nigricans (181314) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Tachycineta speleodytes (20573 20595) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Delichon urbica, Hirundo rustica, Riparia riparia (194811) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy | Hirundinidae indet., Delichon urbicum, Hirundo rustica, Riparia riparia (197769) Hirundinidae indet., Hirundo rustica (197773) Hirundinidae indet., Hirundo rustica, Ptyonoprogne rupestris (197771) Hirundo rustica (197770) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Hirundo pyrrhonota, Tachycineta bicolor (93277) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Sardinia) | Hirundinidae indet. (51552) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (82258 103991) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (63515) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Hirundo daurica (192951 192957) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Riparia riparia (208788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Alabama) | Hirundinidae indet. (84181) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Hirundo rustica (124954) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | Hirundinidae indet. (194940) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (Great Abaco Island) | Petrochelidon fulva (144663) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Peloponnesus) | Hirundo rustica (184245) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Phedina borbonica (195018) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Romania | Hirundo rustica (197949) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Petrochelidon fulva (194588) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic | Petrochelidon fulva (194485) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Western Australia) | Hirundinidae indet. (194981) | |
| Holocene | Pitcairn | Hirundo tahitica (193786 193787) | |
| Holocene | Australia (Victoria) | Hirundinidae indet. (138410) | |
| Holocene | Russian Federation | Hirundo rustica (194810) | |
| Holocene | Dominican Republic | Petrochelidon fulva (194484) | |
| Holocene | Madagascar | Phedina borbonica (236022) |