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Hirundinidae  Rafinesque, 1815
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178423

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Swallows [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2026   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyHirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Swallows  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAlopochelidon Ridgway, 1903  
                               GenusAtronanus de Silva TN, Fernando, Robbins, J. C. Cooper, Fokam & Peterson, 2018  
                               GenusAtticora Gould, 1842  
                               GenusCecropis F. Boie, 1826  
                               GenusCheramoeca Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusDelichon F. Moore, 1854 – House-Martins 
                               GenusHirundo Linnaeus, 1758 – Barn Swallows 
                               GenusNeophedina Roberts, 1922  
                               GenusOrochelidon Ridgway, 1903  
                               GenusPetrochelidon Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusPhedina Bonaparte, 1855  
                               GenusPhedinopsis Wolters, 1971  
                               GenusProgne F. Boie, 1826  
                               GenusPsalidoprocne Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusPseudhirundo Roberts, 1922  
                               GenusPseudochelidon Hartlaub, 1861  
                               GenusPtyonoprogne Reichenbach, 1850  
                               GenusPygochelidon S. F. Baird, 1865  
                               GenusRiparia T. Forster, 1817 – Bank Swallows 
                               GenusStelgidopteryx S. F. Baird, 1858 – Rough-winged Swallows 
                               GenusTachycineta Cabanis, 1851 – Tree Swallows 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Hirundinidae    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Hirundinidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Hirundinidae   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hirundinidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hirundinidae   
       

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