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Preuss's cliff swallow

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Species of bird

Preuss's cliff swallow
Four in Southwest Region, Cameroon
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: Petrochelidon
Species: P. preussi
Binomial name
Petrochelidon preussi
(Reichenow, 1898)
Synonyms
  • Hirundo preussi

Preuss's cliff swallow (Petrochelidon preussi), also known as Preuss's swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.

Distribution and habitat

It is found in 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.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Petrochelidon preussi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712398A94332240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712398A94332240.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
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
Petrochelidon preussi


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