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Mountain saw-wing

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Species of bird

Mountain saw-wing
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Psalidoprocne
Species: P. fuliginosa
Binomial name
Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
Shelley, 1887

The mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa), also known as the mountain rough-winged swallow or the Cameroon Mountain rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.

It is native to the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests. While it has been reported elsewhere in Central Africa (namely, the Cameroon line of Cameroon and Nigeria), it has never been confirmed.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Psalidoprocne fuliginosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712509A94335897. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712509A94335897.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Borrow, N. & Demey, R. Birds of Western Africa. 2nd Ed. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. ISBN 978-0-7136-6692-2
Swallows (family: Hirundinidae)
River martins (subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae · genus: Pseudochelidon)
Genus
Species
Pseudochelidon
All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae)
Genus
Species
Psalidoprocne
(saw-wings)
Pseudhirundo
Cheramoeca
Phedina
Phedinopsis
Riparia
(sand martins)
Neophedina
Tachycineta
(tree swallows)
Progne
Orochelidon
Atticora
Pygochelidon
Stelgidopteryx
Alopochelidon
Hirundo
(barn swallows)
Ptyonoprogne
(crag martins)
Delichon
(house martins)
Cecropis
Petrochelidon
Cheramoeca
Taxon identifiers
Psalidoprocne fuliginosa


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