Stelgidopteryx

Taxobox
name = "Stelgidopteryx"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Hirundinidae
genus = "Stelgidopteryx"
genus_authority = Baird, 1858
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "S. serripennis" "S. ruficollis"

"Stelgidopteryx" (Baird, 1858) is a small genus of swallows. It contains two species:

* Northern Rough-winged Swallow, "Stelgidopteryx serripennis", a migratory North America bird.
* Southern Rough-winged Swallow, "Stelgidopteryx ruficollis", a partial migrant breeding in Central and South America.

Also:
* Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow

Adults of both species are brown on top with lighter underparts and a slightly forked tail. They nest in cavities but do not excavate their holes or form colonies.

These birds forage in flight over water or fields, usually flying low. They eat insects.

"Rough-winged" refers to the serrated edge feathers on the wing of this genus; this feature would only be apparent in the hand.

References

*cite book
last = ffrench
first = Richard
title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
edition = 2nd edition
year = 1991
publisher = Comstock Publishing
isbn = 0-8014-9792-2
*cite book
last = Hilty
first = Steven L.
coauthors =
title = Birds of Venezuela
publisher = Christopher Helm
date = 2003
location = London
isbn = 0-7136-6418-5
*cite book
last = Turner
first = Angela K
coauthors = Rose, Chris
title = A handbook to the swallows and martins of the world
publisher = Christopher Helm
date = 1989
location = London
isbn = 0-7470-3202-5