Atticora
White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Subfamily: Hirundininae
Genus: Atticora
Gould, 1842
Type species
Hirundo fasciata

Atticora is a genus of bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that are found in South America.

Species

The genus Atticora was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould with the white-banded swallow as the type species.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek Atthi meaning "Athenian" and kora meaning "maiden".[2]

The genus contains three species:[3]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
White-banded swallowAtticora fasciataBolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
Black-capped swallowAtticora pileatasouth Mexico to west El Salvador
White-thighed swallowAtticora tibialisPanama to west Ecuador, west Amazonia

References

  1. Gould, John (1842). The Birds of Australia. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 12 text (Part 9). For publication date see: Waterhouse, Frederick Herschel (1885). The Dates of Publication of Some of the Zoological Works of the Late John Gould, F.R.S. London: R.H. Porter. p. 30.
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 May 2023.


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