Pale Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne obsoleta - Hirondelle du désert

Hirondelle du désert
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Ptyonoprogne

  • Species
    :

    obsoleta

Descriptor

Cabanis, 1851

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 13 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 27 à 30 cm.
  • Weight
    : 12 à 15 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle du désert
juvenile

Pale Crag Martin (Ptyonoprogne obsoleta) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta obsoleta (Egypt to Turkey and Iran)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta spatzi (s Algeria, sw Libya and n Chad)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta presaharica (s Morocco, n Mauritania and nc Algeria)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta buchanani (Niger)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta arabica (n Chad to n Sudan, sw Arabia, n Somalia and Socotra)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta perpallida (ne Saudi Arabia and s Iraq)
  • Ptyonoprogne obsoleta pallida (e Iran, s Afghanistan and Pakistan)

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle du désert,
  • Avión isabel norteño,
  • andorinha-das-rochas-pálida,
  • Wüstenschwalbe,
  • Vale Rotszwaluw,
  • Rondine montana pallida,
  • blek klippsvala,
  • Ørkensvale,
  • lastovička púštna,
  • břehule světlehnědá,
  • Lys Klippesvale,
  • aavikkopääsky,
  • jaskółka płowa,
  • palsā čurkste,
  • Пустынная скалистая ласточка,
  • ウスチャイロツバメ,
  • 灰喉燕,
  • 灰喉燕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Artificial/Terrestrial : 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

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published: - Updated: 14-04-2012
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