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Atticora
White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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
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]

  1. ^ 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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