Atticora
| Atticora | |
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| White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Subfamily: | Hirundininae |
| Genus: | Atticora Gould, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Hirundo fasciata Gmelin, JF, 1789
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Atticora is a genus of bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that are found in South America.
Species
[edit]The genus Atticora was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould with the white-banded swallow as the type species.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek Atthi meaning "Athenian" and kora meaning "maiden".[2]
The genus contains three species:[3]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution | |
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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 Salvador | ||
| White-thighed swallow | Atticora tibialis | Panama to west Ecuador, west Amazonia |
References
[edit]- ^ Gould, John (1842). The Birds of Australia. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 12 text (Part 9). For publication date see: Waterhouse, Frederick Herschel (1885). The Dates of Publication of Some of the Zoological Works of the Late John Gould, F.R.S. London: R.H. Porter. p. 30.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
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