Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Streak-throated Swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola) - HBW 9, p. 682
French: Hirondelle fluviatile
German: Braunscheitelschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina India
Other common names: Indian Swallow/Cliff Swallow/Cliff Martin
Taxonomy: Hirundo fluvicola Blyth, 1855, Somar and Kane Rivers, Bundelkund, northern Madhya Pradesh, India.
Genus often merged with Hirundo, but DNA studies support retention of separate taxa. May form a superspecies with P. ariel, and sometimes considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: NE Afghanistan, C & E Pakistan (mainly R Indus plain) and NW & C India (E to E Uttar Pradesh, S to S Karnataka).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on a wire, preening and looking around. Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 48 weeks ago 47 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a wire, opening the beak and walking sideways. Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 48 weeks ago 17 sec 4.3
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A bird on a wire.
Locality Dasada, Surendranagar District, Gujarat, India
Josep del Hoyo 18 February 2011 21 weeks ago 3.2 -
birds on a branch
Locality Sultanpur National Park, Haryana, India (Monotypic species)
Stefan Helming 9 May 2010 1 year ago 3 -
They were on wire
Locality Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India
Shantilal Varu 28 November 2010 45 weeks ago 2.7
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Calling from telephone wire Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 April 1983 2 years ago 4
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