Andean swallow

Andean swallow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Orochelidon
Species:	O. andecola
Binomial name
Orochelidon andecola (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Synonyms
Petrochelidon andecola (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

The Andean swallow (Orochelidon andecola) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Haplochelidon. ^[2] It is found in the Altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and far northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Orochelidon andecola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T22712419A118844823. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712419A118844823.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "ITIS Report: Haplochelidon". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 6 June 2014.

Further reading

• Sheldon, F.H.; Whittingham, L.A.; Moyle, R.G.; Slikas, B.; Winkler, D.W. (2005). "Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 254–270. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008. PMID   15737595.
• Stiles, F. Gary (September 2007). "Proposal 314: Revise the generic limits of Neotropical swallows". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2017.