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Category:Pygochelidon - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Pygochelidon

Description

The species in this genus have a forked tail and dark vent area, and is otherwise mostly white on underside and dark blue on upperside.

Taxonomy

Pygochelidon is a monotypic genus in the family Hirundinidae. A recently passed proposal in the SACC has added Black-collared Swallow to this genus, taking that species out of genus Atticora.

Genus Pygochelidon viewedit
P. cyanoleuca Blue-and-white Swallow
P. cyanoleuca Black-collared Swallow

References

  1. SACC proposal to change the genus of some swallows

Pages in category ‘Pygochelidon’

The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.

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