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American Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota · Family Hirundinidae
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 2,347,221
- Countries and territories with records
- 67
About this species
This species has 2,347,221 occurrence records from 67 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (87.2%), Canada (9.6%) and Mexico (1%); together they account for 97.9% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.18% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Petrochelidon pyrrhonota combines the genus name Petrochelidon with the species epithet pyrrhonota. The Warbla app catalog lists 9 species of the genus Petrochelidon; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Petrochelidon nigricans, Petrochelidon ariel and Petrochelidon fulva.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 6th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.