Galapagos Species Database
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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Golondrina risquera, Cliff Swallow
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Hirundinidae
Genus
Petrochelidon
Species
pyrrhonota
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Vagrant
Distribution: The species was recorded at Suárez Point, Española, in April 1977 by M. Burns and on 4 June 1979 by R. Tomkins (Harris 1981), and by Paul Coopmans at Gardner Bay, Española, on 11 August 1990.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1981) La avifauna de Galápagos. In: Eberhardt, U. (ed.): Compendio de ciencia en Galápagos. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 261-282.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5141. Accessed 2 November 2026.