Biology:Square-tailed saw-wing
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Short description: Species of bird
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 native to the African tropical rainforest.
Description
It is dark green, almost black.[2]
Subspecies
There are currently two recognised subspecies.[3]
- 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. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712504A94335651.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22712504/94335651. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. (2023-09-07). "Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: identity and taxonomic status". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 143 (3). doi:10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a5. ISSN 0007-1595.
- ↑ "Square-tailed Sawwing". The Cornell Lab of Ornithology. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/sqtsaw1/cur/introduction.
Wikidata ☰ Q367206 entry
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