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Hirundo rustica  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178448

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Chelidon procne T. Forster, 1817
  
    Chelidon rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Common Name(s): Hirondelle rustique [French]
  
    andorinha-das-chaminés [Portuguese]
  
    Golondrina común [Spanish]
  
    Golondrina tijereta [Spanish]
  
    Barn Swallow [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                               GenusHirundo Linnaeus, 1758 – Barn Swallows  
                                  SpeciesHirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 – Hirondelle rustique, andorinha-das-chaminés, Golondrina común, Golondrina tijereta, Barn Swallow  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica erythrogaster Boddaert, 1783  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica gutturalis Scopoli, 1786  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica mandschurica Meise, 1934  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica rustica Linnaeus, 1758  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica saturata Ridgway, 1883  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica savignii Stephens, 1817  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica transitiva (E. J. O. Hartert, 1910)  
                                     Subspecies Hirundo rustica tytleri Jerdon, 1864  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Hirundo rustica    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Hirundo rustica    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Barn Swallow[English]   
       
  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: Hirundo rustica, Barn Swallow [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Hirundo rustica   
       
  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: Hirundo rustica   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Hirundo rustica, Barn Swallow [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Linnaeus, Carolus  
  Publication Date: 1758   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, 10th Edition, vol. 1   
  Page(s): 824   
  Publisher: Laurentii Salvii   
  Publication Place: Holmiae (Stockholm, Sweden)   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?PPN362053006 and http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
    Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China)  
    Middle America  
    Southern Asia  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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