Ridgway's rough-winged swallow
Appearance
Ridgway's rough-winged swallow | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Genus: | Stelgidopteryx |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | S. s. ridgwayi
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Trinomial name | |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi Nelson, 1901
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Synonyms | |
Stelgidopteryx ridgwayi |
Ridgway's rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi) is a bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico. Most taxonomic authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the northern rough-winged swallow.
Its common name and Latin binomial commemorate American ornithologist Robert Ridgway.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Stelgidopteryx serripennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712152A95102742. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712152A95102742.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.