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Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota   [Vieillot, 1817]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae
BTO Codes: , CLISW EURING No: 9980
Number in Britain: Fewer than 20 records
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: pyrrhonota recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 14 cm Wingspan: 30 cm Weight: M/F: 24 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: petros=rock + khelidon=swallow and Gr.: purrhos=flame-coloured + notos=backed
World Distribution: BREEDS: Locally in North America WINTERS: s South America
Habitat: Open country, usually near water, towns
Diet: Flying insects
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Records and Distribution
First Record: Isles of Scilly, 1983 (Crosby, M.J. 1988. British Birds 81:449-452)
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 9 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: Too few records
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: No Records
   North-east England: Cleveland (1988), East Yorkshire (1995),
   North-west England: No Records
   English Midlands: No Records
   Eastern England: No Records
   South-east England: Hampshire (2000), West Sussex (1996),
   South-west England: Dorset (2000), Isles of Scilly (2001),
   Wales: No Records
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Other Names
American Cliff Swallow
Gaelic: Welsh:
Danish: Rødkindet klippesvale Dutch: Amerikaanse Klifzwaluw
Finnish: Amerikanpääsky French: Hirondelle ā front blanc
German: Fahlstirnschwalbe Hungarian: Sziklai fecske
Icelandic: Klifsvala Irish: Fáinleog Aille
Italian: Rondine rupestre americana Norwegian: Amerikaklippesvale
Polish: Jaskķlka rdzawoszyja Portuguese:
Spanish: Golondrina risquera Swedish: Rödkindad stensvala
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See Also:
All About Birds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
Gough, G.A. et al. (1998) Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter
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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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