Black-capped Swallow

Black-capped Swallow
Black-capped Swallow
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Notiochelidon
Species: N. pileata
Binomial name
Notiochelidon pileata
(Gould, 1858, Guatemala)

The Black-capped Swallow (Notiochelidon pileata) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.

It was first described by John Gould as Atticora pileata in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Notiochelidon pileata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 July 2007.
  2. ^ Gould, John (February 1843). "Untitled". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 26: 335. 
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