family Hirundinidae


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Noun1.family Hirundinidae - swallows and martinsfamily Hirundinidae - swallows and martins      
Hirundinidae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
genus Hirundo, Hirundo - type genus of the Hirundinidae
genus Iridoprocne, Iridoprocne - a genus of Hirundinidae
Delichon, genus Delichon - a genus of Hirundinidae
genus Riparia, Riparia - a genus of Hirundinidae
genus Progne, Progne - a genus of Hirundinidae
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2,3,4 & 5 Myiarchus tyrannulus; 2 1 (Papamoscas tirano - Brown-crested Flycatcher) Tyrannus couchii; (Tirano 3 1 silbador - Couch's Kingbird) FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE Hirundo rustica; (Golondrina I 1 &2 tijereta - Barn Swallow) FAMILY CORVIDAE Cyanocitta steller; (Chara I 2,3.4,5 & 6 crestada - Steller's Jay) Aphelocoma ultramarma; (Chara 1 1,2.3.4.
Avifauna from Cerro EL Potosi, Galeana, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
ossifragus Wilson, fish crow SW R Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus), I A blue jay Pica hudsonia (Linnaeus), black- I R billed magpie Family Alaudidae (larks) Eremophila alpestris (Linnaeus), I C horned lark Family Hirundinidae (swallows) Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, barn I A swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota I R Vieillot, cliff swallow Progne subis (Linnaeus), purple I C martin Riparia riparia (Linnaeus), bank I O swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis I O (Audubon), northern rough-winged swallow Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot), I O tree swallow Family Paridae (titmice) Baeolophus bicolor Linnaeus, I C tufted titmouse Poecile atricapilla Linnaeus, N C black-capped chickadee P.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana

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