Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)

Brown-bellied Swallow (Notiochelidon murina) - HBW 9, p. 659

French: Hirondelle à ventre brun German: Mausschwalbe Spanish: Golondrina Ventriparda

Taxonomy: Petrochelidon murina Cassin, 1853, Ecuador.
Has been placed in genus Atticora or in a separate genus Orochelidon. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • meridensis (J. T. Zimmer & Phelps, Sr, 1947) - W Venezuela.
  • murina (Cassin, 1853) - Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
  • cyanodorsalis (Carriker, 1935) - S Peru and C Bolivia.