American Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - Hirondelle à front blanc

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Petrochelidon

  • Species
    :

    pyrrhonota

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 15 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 17 à 26 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle à front blanc
adult plum. breeding
Hirondelle à front blanc
adult

American Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

  • Petrochelidon pyrrhonota pyrrhonota (Alaska, Canada, w, n, e USA and nw Baja California. nw Mexico.)
  • Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ganieri (sc USA)
  • Petrochelidon pyrrhonota tachina (sw USA and ne Baja California. nw Mexico.)
  • Petrochelidon pyrrhonota melanogaster (extreme se Arizona and sw New Mexico. sw USA. to w and s Mexico)

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle à front blanc,
  • Golondrina risquera,
  • andorinha-de-testa-branca,
  • Fahlstirnschwalbe,
  • sziklafecske,
  • Amerikaanse Klifzwaluw,
  • Rondine rupestre americana,
  • stensvala,
  • Mursvale,
  • lastovička bralová,
  • vlaštovka pestrá,
  • Stensvale,
  • amerikanpääsky,
  • oreneta dels cingles,
  • Klettasvala,
  • jaskółka rdzawoszyja,
  • baltpieres bezdelīga,
  • pečinska lastovka,
  • Белолобая ласточка,
  • サンショクツバメ,
  • 美洲燕,
  • 紅石燕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle à front blanc
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle à front blanc
adult

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Hirondelle à front blanc
published: - Updated: 18-09-2012
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