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Petrochelidon fulva

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
ANIMALIA CHORDATA AVES PASSERIFORMES HIRUNDINIDAE

Scientific Name: Petrochelidon fulva
Species Authority: Vieillot, 1807
Common Name(s):
English – Cave Swallow
Synonym(s):
Hirundo fulva fulva Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2012
Date Assessed: 2012-05-01
Assessor(s): BirdLife International
Reviewer(s): Butchart, S. & Symes, A.
Facilitator/Compiler(s): Ekstrom, J., Butchart, S.
Justification:
This species has a very large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be increasing, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Countries:
Native:
Bahamas; Belize; Canada; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Haiti; Jamaica; Mexico; Panama; Peru; Puerto Rico; United States; United States Minor Outlying Islands; Virgin Islands, U.S.
Vagrant:
Martinique; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Present - origin uncertain:
Guatemala; Nicaragua
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Population [top]

Population Trend: Increasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Systems: Terrestrial
Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Petrochelidon fulva. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 July 2014.
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