Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Passerimorphae > Order Passeriformes > Suborder Passeri > Superfamily Hirundinoidea > Family Hirundinidae

Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot, 1817
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Keith, S., E.K. Urban &Fry, C. H. (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205063

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f8ccc8a6-6baa-43a8-8070-b6ad3e1dc484

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


terrestrial

Importance

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GUID

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urn:lsid:faunaeur.org:taxname:96908

Last modified

2020-06-25 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Wim Decock

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