Petrochelidon
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Petrochelidon
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Petrochelidon is a genus of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows. The genus includes all of the five species of birds commonly called cliff swallow, and contains the following species:
Species in taxonomic order
- Red-throated cliff swallow (Petrochelidon rufigula)
- Preuss's cliff swallow (Petrochelidon preussi)
- Red Sea cliff swallow (Petrochelidon perdita)
- South African cliff swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera)
- Forest swallow (Petrochelidon fuliginosa)
- Fairy martin (Petrochelidon ariel)
- Tree martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)
- American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
- Cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva)
- Chestnut-collared swallow (Petrochelidon rufocollaris)
- Streak-throated swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola)
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