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Ptyonoprogne fuligula · Family Hirundinidae
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 206,197
- Countries and territories with records
- 49
About this species
This species has 206,197 occurrence records from 49 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (73.9%), Namibia (9.6%), Kenya (7.7%), Tanzania (2.5%) and Uganda (1.1%); together they account for 94.9% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.38% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ptyonoprogne fuligula combines the genus name Ptyonoprogne with the species epithet fuligula. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Ptyonoprogne; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Ptyonoprogne rupestris, Ptyonoprogne concolor and Ptyonoprogne obsoleta.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 22nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 34.4% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.