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Petrochelidon
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Petrochelidon is a genus of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows. The genus name Petrochelidon is from the Greek words petra, "rock", and khelidon, "swallow".[2]
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Petrochelidon | |
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An American cliff swallow starting to build a mud nest under the eaves of a building in California | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Genus: | Petrochelidon Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Hirundo melanogaster[1] Swainson, 1827 | |
Species | |
10, See text |
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The genus includes all of the five species of birds commonly called cliff swallow, and contains the following species: