Square-tailed saw-wing

Square-tailed saw-wing
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Psalidoprocne
Species:	P. nitens
Binomial name
Psalidoprocne nitens (Cassin, 1857)

The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens), also known as the square-tailed rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest.

Description

It is dark green, almost black. ^[2]

Subspecies

There are currently two recognised subspecies. ^[3]

• P. n. nitens, the nominate subspecies, which occurs in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Angola.
• P. n. centralis, which occurs in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Psalidoprocne nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22712504A94335651. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712504A94335651.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. (2023-09-07). "Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: identity and taxonomic status". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 143 (3). doi: 10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a5 . ISSN   0007-1595.
3. "Square-tailed Sawwing". Birds of the World. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 20 January 2021.