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Cave swallow, the Glossary

The cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) is a medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow belonging to the same genus as the more familiar and widespread cliff swallow of North America.^[1]

Acrididae

Acrididae, commonly called short-horned grasshoppers, are the predominant family of grasshoppers, comprising some 10,000 of the 11,000 species of the entire suborder Caelifera.

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Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Birds of North America (book)

Birds of North America is a comprehensive encyclopedia of bird species in the United States and Canada, with substantial articles about each species.

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Brood patch

A brood patch, also known as an incubation patch, is a patch of featherless skin on the underside of birds during the nesting season.

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Cave

A cave or cavern is a natural void under the Earth's surface.

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Cliff swallow

The cliff swallow or American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. Cave swallow and cliff swallow are Petrochelidon and taxa named by Louis Pierre Vieillot.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is often based in Latin.

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Ecuador

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west.

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Flock (birds)

A flock is a gathering of individual birds to forage or travel collectively.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Greater Antilles

The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Navassa Island, and the Cayman Islands.

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Guano

Guano (Spanish from wanu) is the accumulated excrement of seabirds or bats.

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Gulf Coast of the United States

The Gulf Coast of the United States, also known as the Gulf South or the South Coast, is the coastline along the Southern United States where they meet the Gulf of Mexico.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Louis Pierre Vieillot

Louis Pierre Vieillot (10 May 1748, Yvetot – 24 August 1830, Sotteville-lès-Rouen) was a French ornithologist.

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Lygaeidae

The Lygaeidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), with more than 110 genera in four subfamilies.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped') which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_swallow

Also known as Hirundo fulva, Petrochelidon fulva, Petrochelidon pallida.

Cave swallow, the Glossary

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See also

Birds described in 1808

Birds of Cuba

Birds of Jamaica

Birds of Puerto Rico

Cave birds

Petrochelidon

Swallows

References