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THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE

A branch of the living world.

110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.

These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.

Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.

Family: Hirundinidae · Clear filter

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
White-banded SwallowAtticora fasciata (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialis (Cassin, 1853)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata (Boddaert, 1783)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica (Laxmann, 1769)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
African Red-rumped SwallowCecropis melanocrissus Rüppell, 1845HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula (Temminck, 1835)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa (Sundevall, 1850)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus (Bonaparte, 1850)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Siberian House MartinDelichon lagopodum (Pallas, 1811)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum (Linnaeus, 1758)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis Strickland, 1849HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea Sundevall, 1850HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata Sundevall, 1850HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Hill SwallowHirundo domicola Jerdon, 1841HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica Sparrman, 1789HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma Swainson, 1837HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida Hartlaub, 1858HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensis Benson, 1942HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Welcome SwallowHirundo neoxena Gould, 1842HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita G. R. Gray, 1845HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-and-rufous SwallowHirundo nigrorufa Barboza du Bocage, 1877HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pacific SwallowHirundo tahitica J. F. Gmelin, 1789HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta (Boddaert, 1783)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brown-bellied SwallowOrochelidon murina (Cassin, 1853)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fairy MartinPetrochelidon ariel (Gould, 1842)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Streak-throated SwallowPetrochelidon fluvicola (Blyth, 1855)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva (Vieillot, 1808)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Tree MartinPetrochelidon nigricans (Vieillot, 1817)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red Sea Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon perdita (Fry & D. A. Smith, 1985)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi (Reichenow, 1898)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota (Vieillot, 1817)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-throated Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon rufigula (Barboza du Bocage, 1878)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-collared SwallowPetrochelidon rufocollaris (Peale, 1849)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera (Sundevall, 1850)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuban MartinProgne cryptoleuca S. F. Baird, 1865HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Southern MartinProgne elegans S. F. Baird, 1865HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Galapagos MartinProgne modesta Gould, 1838HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Peruvian MartinProgne murphyi Chapman, 1925HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sinaloa MartinProgne sinaloae Nelson, 1898HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Purple MartinProgne subis (Linnaeus, 1758)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera (Linnaeus, 1766)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens (Cassin, 1857)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura (Hartlaub, 1855)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera (Rüppell, 1840)HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
African River MartinPseudochelidon eurystomina Hartlaub, 1861HirundinidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
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Source and selection

Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n

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