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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 Vieillot, 1807
Common Name(s):
English – Cave Swallow
Synonym(s):
Hirundo fulva fulva Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)
Taxonomic Source(s): SACC. 2005 and updates. A classification of the bird species of South America. Available at: #http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.htm#.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published: 2017
Date Assessed: 2016-10-01
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.
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries occurrence:
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
Additional data:
♦ Continuing decline in area of occupancy (AOO):Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in area of occupancy (AOO):No♦ Estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) - km2:3710000
♦ Continuing decline in extent of occurrence (EOO):Unknown♦ Extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence (EOO):No
♦ Continuing decline in number of locations:Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in the number of locations:No
♦ Upper elevation limit (metres):2100
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Population [top]

Current Population Trend:Increasing
Additional data:
♦ Continuing decline of mature individuals:Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations:No♦ Population severely fragmented:No
♦ Continuing decline in subpopulations:Unknown
♦ Extreme fluctuations in subpopulations:No♦ All individuals in one subpopulation:No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Amended [top]

Amended reason: Map updated: Changed Chiapas from Seasonal code 2 to 1; shaded S Guatemala, Salvador NW Nicaragua as non-breeding. EOO updated.
Citation: BirdLife International. 2017. Petrochelidon fulva (amended version of assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22712435A118752507. . Downloaded on 19 April 2018.
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