Pygochelidon
Sign in to savePygochelidon is a genus of birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae that occur in the Neotropics.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyHirundinidae
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Pygochelidon is a genus of birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae that occur in the Neotropics.
==Taxonomy== The genus Pygochelidon was introduced in 1865 by the American naturalist Spencer Fullerton Baird with the blue-and-white swallow as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek pugē meaning "rump" with khelidōn meaning "swallow".
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