Petrochelidon

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: Petrochelidon
Species: P. ariel - P. fluvicola - P. fulva - P. nigricans – P. perdita – P. preussi – P. pyrrhonota – P. rufigula – P. rufocollaris – P. spilodera

Species transferrred to other genus:

Atronanus: P. fuliginosa

Name

Petrochelidon Cabanis, 1851

Typus: Hirundo melanogaster Swainson, 1827 ssp of Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot, 1817 = Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Synonymy

Hylochelidon Gould, 1865 Handb.Birds Austral. 1 p. 110 BHL
Typus: Hirundo nigricans Vieillot, 1817 = Petrochelidon nigricans
Lecythoplastes Reichenow, 1898 Orn.Monatsb. 6 p. 115 BHL
Typus: Lecythoplastes preussi Reichenow, 1898 = Petrochelidon preussi

References
Primary references

Cabanis, J. 1850–1851. Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. I. Theil, die Singvögel enthaltend. 1–233. R. Frantz, Halberstadt. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.112135 Reference page. p. 47

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
suomi: Keijupääskyt

Petrochelidon is a genus of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows. The genus name Petrochelidon is from the Greek words petra, "rock", and khelidon, "swallow".[2]

The genus includes all of the five species of birds commonly called cliff swallow, and contains the following species:
Species in taxonomic order

The genus contains ten species:[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	American cliff swallow	Petrochelidon pyrrhonota	Canada and the United States of America, South American countries, such as Southern Brazil, Uruguay, and parts of Argentina.
	Cave swallow	Petrochelidon fulva	south-eastern New Mexico, Texas, Florida, the Greater Antilles, portions of southern Mexico, and along the west coast of South America.
	Chestnut-collared swallow	Petrochelidon rufocollaris	Ecuador and Peru.
	Preuss's cliff swallow	Petrochelidon preussi	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
	Red-throated cliff swallow	Petrochelidon rufigula	Angola, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Gabon, and Zambia.
	Red Sea cliff swallow	Petrochelidon perdita	Sudan.
	South African cliff swallow	Petrochelidon spilodera	Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
	Streak-throated swallow	Petrochelidon fluvicola	Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
	Fairy martin	Petrochelidon ariel	Australia, with some birds reaching New Guinea and Indonesia.
	Tree martin	Petrochelidon nigricans	Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia east of the Wallace Line and the Solomon Islands.

References

"Hirundinidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 300. ISBN 978-1408125014.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (December 2023). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 14.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 11 January 2024.