Tawny-headed swallow
| Tawny-headed swallow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Subfamily: | Hirundininae |
| Genus: | Alopochelidon Ridgway, 1903 |
| Species: | A. fucata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alopochelidon fucata (Temminck, 1822) | |
The tawny-headed swallow (Alopochelidon fucata) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is monotypic within the genus Alopochelidon.[2] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela,[1] where its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.[3]
References
- 1 2 BirdLife International (2012). "Alopochelidon fucata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ "ITIS Report: Alopochelidon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ↑ "Alopochelidon fucata: Classifications". BirdLife International. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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