Atticora

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Atticora
White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata).jpg
White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Subfamily: Hirundininae
Genus: Atticora
Gould, 1842

Atticora is a genus of bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that are found in South America.

Species[]

The genus contains three species:[1]

Image Common name Scientific name Distribution
White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata).JPG White-banded swallow Atticora fasciata Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Black-capped swallow Atticora pileata south Mexico to west El Salvado
White-thighed swallow Atticora tibialis Panama to west Ecuador, west Amazonia

References[]

  1. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 July 2021.


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