White-thighed swallow
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Atticora |
| Species: | A. tibialis
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| Atticora tibialis (Cassin, 1853)
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The white-thighed swallow (Atticora tibialis) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus, Neochelidon.
It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Atticora tibialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22712143A137680214. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22712143A137680214.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Further reading
[edit]- Chesser, R.T.; et al. (2016). "Fifty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk. 133 (3): 544–560. doi:10.1642/AUK-16-77.1.
- Sheldon, F.H.; Whittingham, L.A.; Moyle, R.G.; Slikas, B.; Winkler, D.W. (2005). "Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 254–270. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008. PMID 15737595.
- Stiles, F. Gary (September 2007). "Proposal 314: Revise the generic limits of Neotropical swallows". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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