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Pale Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta · Family Hirundinidae
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 62,893
- Countries and territories with records
- 33
About this species
This species has 62,893 occurrence records from 33 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Israel (46%), the United Arab Emirates (22.7%), Oman (9.3%), Palestine (6.2%) and Egypt (4.9%); together they account for 89.1% of the total. In Israel, this species accounts for 0.44% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Ptyonoprogne obsoleta combines the genus name Ptyonoprogne with the species epithet obsoleta. 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 fuligula and Ptyonoprogne concolor.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 33rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 10.5% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.