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Andean swallow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Orochelidon
Species:	O. andecola
Binomial name
Orochelidon andecola (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Synonyms
Petrochelidon andecola (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The Andean swallow (Orochelidon andecola) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Haplochelidon. It is found in the Altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and far northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Orochelidon andecola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22712419A118844823. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712419A118844823.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "ITIS Report: Haplochelidon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

Further reading

• Sheldon, F.H.; Whittingham, L.A.; Moyle, R.G.; Slikas, B.; Winkler, D.W. (2005). "Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 254–270. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008. PMID 15737595.
• Stiles, F. Gary (September 2007). "Proposal 314: Revise the generic limits of Neotropical swallows". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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