Red Sea cliff swallow
| Red Sea cliff swallow | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Petrochelidon |
| Species: | H. perdita |
| Binomial name | |
| Hirundo perdita Fry & D. A. Smith, 1985 | |
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The Red Sea cliff swallow (Hirundo perdita), also known as the Red Sea swallow, is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Distribution and habitat
It is possibly endemic to Sudan. It is known only from a single specimen, found in May 1984 at the Sanganeb lighthouse, north-east of Port Sudan, Sudan. This enigmatic swallow may still exist, though the lack of recent records is puzzling. Unidentified swallows have been sighted in Lake Langano (c. 20 birds) and in Awash National Park (3-8 birds) in the East African Rift in Ethiopia, and these are possibly this species. It is alternatively placed in the genus Hirundo.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Hirundo perdita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- BirdLife International (2007) Species factsheet: Hirundo perdita. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 14 August 2007
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