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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) and Wetmore (1956); to Aves by Wetmore (1962); and to Passeriformes by Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Fringilloidae by Hay (1930); to Oscines by Lambrecht (1933); to Passeres by Wetmore (1940) and Wetmore (1956); to Aves by Wetmore (1962); and to Passeriformes by Baird (1992), Parmalee (1992) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
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