Square-tailed saw-wing

The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens), also known as the square-tailed rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

Square-tailed saw-wing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Psalidoprocne
Species:
P. nitens
Binomial name
Psalidoprocne nitens
(Cassin, 1857)

Subspecies

There are currently two recognised subspecies.[2]

  • P. n. nitens, the nominate subspecies, which occurs in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Angola.
  • P. n. centralis, which occurs in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.


References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Psalidoprocne nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. "Square-tailed Sawwing". Birds of the World. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 20 January 2021.


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