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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota  (Vieillot, 1817)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 178455

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot, 1817
  
    Hirundo albifrons Rafinesque, 1822
  
    Petrochelidon albifrons (Rafinesque, 1822)
  
  Common Name(s): Hirondelle ŕ front blanc [French]
  
    andorinha-de-testa-branca [Portuguese]
  
    andorinha-d'uropígio-canela [Portuguese]
  
    Golondrina risquera [Spanish]
  
    American Cliff 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  
                               GenusPetrochelidon Cabanis, 1851  
                                  SpeciesPetrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817) – Hirondelle ŕ front blanc, andorinha-de-testa-branca, andorinha-d'uropígio-canela, Golondrina risquera, American Cliff Swallow  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ganieri (A. R. Phillips, 1986)  
                                     Subspecies Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster (Swainson, 1827)  
                                     Subspecies Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817)  
                                     Subspecies Petrochelidon pyrrhonota tachina Oberholser, 1903  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks  
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota    
       
  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: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, American Cliff Swallow [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliot, and David Christie, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails   
  Page(s): 863   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 84-87334-69-5   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota   
       
  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: Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, American Cliff Swallow [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Native  
    Canada, Native  
    Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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