Atronanus fuliginosus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Cladus: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Sylvioidea

Familia: Hirundinidae
Genus: Atronanus
Species: Atronanus fuliginosus
Name

Atronanus fuliginosus (Chapin, 1925)

Type locality: A Lolodorf, Cameroon.

Synonyms

Lecythoplastes fuliginosa (protonym)
Hirundo fuliginosa (Chapin, 1925)
Petrochelidon fuliginosa (Chapin, 1925)

References
Primary references

Chapin, J.P. 1925. A new Swallow from Cameroon. The Ibis 67(1): 148–151 fig. 6A DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1925.tb02912.x Reference page.

Additional references

de Silva, T.N., Fernando, S.W., Robbins, M.B., Cooper, J.C., Fokam, E.B. & Peterson, A.T. 2018. Recognition of a new generic-level swallow taxon from central Africa. Journal of Avian Biology 49 (9): e01698. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01698 Open access Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Forest Swallow
español: Golondrina selvática
français: Hirondelle de forêt
português: andorinha-das-florestas

The forest swallow (Atronanus fuliginosus) is a little-known species of swallow in the family Hirundinidae, found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.

The species was previously placed in the genus Petrochelidon, within the ‘mud-nester’ clade of swallows, yet its plumage, morphology, and nesting behavior did not align well with those of other major swallow lineages. As a consequence, and also employing molecular phylogenetic approaches, De Silva et al. (2018) placed this species in the swallow phylogenetic tree, firmly within the ‘mud nester’ clade, but outside of the clade corresponding to Petrochelidon. This outcome led De Silva et al. (2018) to document and describe formally a distinct, generic-level lineage of swallow endemic to the Lower Guinean forest region of central Africa.

De Silva et al. (2018) proposed to recognize the distinctiveness of this taxon at the generic level. This species was originally described in the genus Lecythoplastes (Chapin, 1925) with Preuss's cliff swallow Petrochelidon preussi. Lecythoplastes had been proposed originally based on preussi as a type species by Reichenow (1898), and preussi falls firmly within Petrochelidon in all of their phylogenetic analyses. As such, Lecythoplastes must remain submerged in Petrochelidon; therefore De Silva et al. erected a new genus, Atronanus, comprising the monotypic forest swallow.[2]
References

BirdLife International (2012). "Hirundo fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
de Silva, T.N.; Fernando, S.W.; Robbins, M.B.; Cooper, J.C.; Fokam, E.B.; Peterson, A.T. (2018). "Recognition of a new generic-level swallow taxon from central Africa". Journal of Avian Biology. 49 (9): e01698. doi:10.1111/jav.01698.