African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

Traits taxon details

Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

205063 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205063)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Hirundinidae Vigors, 1825

Direct children (7)

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Species Hirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869
Species Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1843
Species Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758
Species Hirundo smithii Leach, 1818
Species Hirundo abyssinica Guérin-Méneville, 1843 accepted as Cecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) (synonym)
Species Hirundo daurica Linnaeus, 1771 accepted as Cecropis daurica (Laxmann, 1769) (synonym)
Species Hirundo nigricans Vieillot, 1817 accepted as Petrochelidon nigricans (Vieillot, 1817) (synonym)

Environment

terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Traits (2025). Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205063 on 2025-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Hirundo Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205063 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1998-08-27 11:40:11Z

created

Depew, Lorna

2020-06-25 07:35:06Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (MSBIAS) Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. (2023). 2019 The Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA) Wembury Bioblitz survey. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). , available online at https://portal.medin.org.uk/portal/start.php#details?tpc=010_71a02145fae5466afe757cd48b999ded [details]

basis of record Keith, S., E.K. Urban &Fry, C. H. (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London. [details]

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hirundo)
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