Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) roosting in sugar cane field in El Salvador, December 1994. Copyright Oliver Komar Cave Swallow
(Petrochelidon fulva)


Note: Some of these papers refer to Hirundo fulva, now known as Petrochelidon fulva. The subspecies described in the papers has been proposed for elevation to the species level, P. pelodoma by Garrido, Peterson, and Komar (1999).

GARRIDO, O. H., A. T. PETERSON, & O. KOMAR. 1999. Geographic variation and taxonomy of the Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) complex, with the description of a new subspecies from Puerto Rico. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists's Club 119(2):80-91.

KOMAR, O. 1997. Communal roosting behavior of the Cave Swallow in El Salvador. Wilson Bulletin 109(2):332-337.

KOMAR, O., & A. T. PETERSON. In prep. Winter distribution of the Cave Swallow, Hirundo fulva. (Abstract in proceedings of the 1995 Meeting of the Wilson Ornithological Society.)


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