Biology:Square-tailed saw-wing
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Psalidoprocne |
| Species: | P. nitens
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| Psalidoprocne nitens (Cassin, 1857)
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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.
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
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Psalidoprocne nitens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22712504A94335651. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712504A94335651.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22712504/94335651. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ "Square-tailed Sawwing". The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/sqtsaw1/cur/introduction.
Wikidata ☰ Q367206 entry
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