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Hirundinidae
Genus
Petrochelidon
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Version 3.0

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- Cliff Swallow
© Brian Sullivan
- Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group)
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Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Charles R. Brown, Mary B. Brown, Peter Pyle, and Michael A. Patten
Version: 3.0 — Published February 6, 2017

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Recommended Citation

Brown, C. R., M. B. Brown, P. Pyle, and M. A. Patten (2017). Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), version 3.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.cliswa.03