Andean swallow

Andean swallow
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Orochelidon
Species:	O. andecola
Binomial name
	Orochelidon andecola; (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Synonyms
	Petrochelidon andecola (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Last updated: 2025-07-25 11:33:29

Andean swallow

The Andean swallow (Orochelidon andecola) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Haplochelidon.^[2] It is found in the Altiplano of Peru, Bolivia and far northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-elevation grassland.

References

Sheldon, F.H.; Whittingham, L.A.; Moyle, R.G.; Slikas, B.; Winkler, D.W. (2005). "Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 35 (1): 254–270. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008. PMID 15737595.
Stiles, F. Gary (September 2007). "Proposal 314: Revise the generic limits of Neotropical swallows". South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

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Taxon identifiers
Orochelidon andecola	Wikidata: Q28841900 Wikispecies: Orochelidon andecola BirdLife: 22712419 BOW: andswa2 eBird: andswa2 GBIF: 7340417 iNaturalist: 144783 IUCN: 22712419 Neotropical: andswa2
Haplochelidon andecola	Wikidata: Q490470 ADW: Haplochelidon_andecola Avibase: 0760A6D28DA5B9D4 CoL: 6LBBG GBIF: 5789234 iNaturalist: 144783 ITIS: 916665 NCBI: 317109 Observation.org: 76725 Open Tree of Life: 16185 Xeno-canto: Haplochelidon-andecola
Hirundo andecola	Wikidata: Q28841903 CoL: 3M4R9 GBIF: 5230766 IRMNG: 11270720 ITIS: 560458 Open Tree of Life: 16185

Andean swallow

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Orochelidon
Species:	O. andecola
Binomial name
*Orochelidon andecola* (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)

Synonyms
Petrochelidon andecola (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)