The black-capped swallow (Atticora pileata) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Atticora |
| Species: | A. pileata
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| Atticora pileata Gould, 1858
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It was first described by John Gould as Atticora pileata in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.[2]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Atticora pileata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22712134A137683042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22712134A137683042.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Gould, John (February 1843). "Untitled". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 26: 335.
Further reading edit
- Skutch, Alexander F. (1960). "Black-capped swallow" (PDF). Life Histories of Central American Birds II. Pacific Coast Avifauna, Number 34. Berkeley, California: Cooper Ornithological Society. pp. 275–278.
- Chesser, R.T.; et al. (2016). "Fifty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds". The Auk. 133 (3): 544–560. doi:10.1642/AUK-16-77.1.
- Sheldon, F.H.; Whittingham, L.A.; Moyle, R.G.; Slikas, B.; Winkler, D.W. (2005). "Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 254–270. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008. PMID 15737595.
- Stiles, F. Gary (September 2007). "Proposal 314: Revise the generic limits of Neotropical swallows". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
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