Orochelidon
| Orochelidon | |
|---|---|
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| Brown-bellied swallow (Orochelidon murina) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Orochelidon Ridgway, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Petrochelidon murina brown-bellied swallow Cassin, 1853
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Orochelidon is a
Hirundinidae. These species are resident in the Andes Mountains
of South America.
Taxonomy
The genus Orochelidon was introduced in 1903 by the America ornithologist
Species
The genus contains three species:[5]
- Pale-footed swallow (Orochelidon flavipes)
- Brown-bellied swallow (Orochelidon murina)
- Andean swallow (Orochelidon andecola)
References
- ^ Ridgway, Robert (1903). "Descriptions of new genera species and subspecies of American birds". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 16: 105–111 [106].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 88.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- PMID 15737595.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 July 2021.