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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota (Cliff Swallow; American Cliff Swallow)

Synonyms: Hirundo albifrons; Hirundo pyrrhonota; Hirundo pyrrhonota pyrrhonota; Petrochelidon albifrons
Language: French

Wikipedia Abstract

The American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae — the swallows and martins.The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek. Petrochelidon is from petros, "rock", and khelidon, "swallow", and pyrrhonota from purrhos, "flame-coloured", and -notos "-backed". It breeds in North America and is migratory, wintering in western South America from Venezuela southwards to northeast Argentina. This species is a very rare vagrant to western Europe.
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Infraspecies

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ganieri
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota hypopolia
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota tachina

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
2
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
18
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 5.95893
EDGE Score: 1.94002
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  24 grams
Birth Weight [3]  2 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Generalist
Wintering Geography [2]  S. American Lowlands
Wintering Habitat [2]  Generalist
Diet [4]  Carnivore (Invertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [4]  100 %
Forages - Aerial [4]  100 %
Clutch Size [3]  4
Clutches / Year [3]  1
Fledging [1]  23 days
Global Population (2017 est.) [2]  59,000,000
Incubation [3]  14 days
Mating System [6]  Monogamy
Maximum Longevity [3]  12 years
Migration [5]  Intercontinental
Wing Span [7]  11 inches (.282 m)
Female Maturity [3]  1 year
Male Maturity [3]  1 year

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Citations

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♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
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♦ 5Riede, Klaus (2004) Global Register of Migratory Species - from Global to Regional Scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. 330 pages + CD-ROM
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♦ 9International Flea Database
♦ 10Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0