Ridgway's rough-winged swallow

Ridgway's rough-winged swallow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Stelgidopteryx
Species:	S. serripennis
Subspecies:	S. s. ridgwayi
Trinomial name
Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi Nelson, 1901
Synonyms
Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi

Ridgway's rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi) is a bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Most taxonomic authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the northern rough-winged swallow.

Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate American ornithologist Robert Ridgway.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Stelgidopteryx serripennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22712152A95102742. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712152A95102742.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.