Golden swallow (bird)
| Golden swallow | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Tachycineta |
| Species: | T. euchrysea |
| Binomial name | |
| Tachycineta euchrysea (Gosse, 1847, higher mountains in the centre of Jamaica) | |
The golden swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is a swallow. The golden swallow formerly bred on the island of Jamaica, but was last seen there in 1989 and is now restricted to the island of Hispaniola.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Tachycineta euchrysea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Townsend, Jason; Esteban Garrido; Danilo A. Mejia (2008). "Nests and Nesting Behavior of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in Abandoned Bauxite Mines in the Dominican Republic". Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (4): 867–871. doi:10.1676/08-001.1.
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