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Dusky Crag Martin

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-{{incomplete}}+[[Image:Dusky_Crag-Martin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Williams|James Williams}}<br />Dandeli, Karnataka, Southern [[India]], February 2007]]
-[[Image:Dusky_Crag-Martin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by James Williams in Dandeli, Karnataka, Southern [[India]]]]+
;[[:Category:Ptyonoprogne|Ptyonoprogne]] concolor ;[[:Category:Ptyonoprogne|Ptyonoprogne]] concolor
''Hirundo concolor'' ''Hirundo concolor''
==Identification== ==Identification==
 +13cm.
==Distribution== ==Distribution==
-From [[India]] east to S [[China]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]].+[[Asia]]: found from [[India]] east to southern [[China]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]].
==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
-Previously included in genus [[:Category:Hirundo|''Hirundo'']] +Previously included in genus [[:Category:Hirundo|''Hirundo'']].
 +====Subspecies====
 +There are 2 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 +*''P. c. concolor '':
 +:*[[Himalayas|Himalayan]] foothills (north-western [[India]] to western [[Bengal]])
 +*''P. c. sintaungensis'':
 +:*South-western [[China]] (southern Yunnan) to eastern [[Myanmar]], northern [[Thailand]] and [[Indochina]]
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
 +Gorges, cliffs, thorn forests.
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
 +====Breeding====
 +It builds a half saucer shaped nest from mud, attached to walls of buildings.
 +==References==
 +#{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#Nagpur Birds
 +#Wikipedia
 +{{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Martin+concolor}} {{GSearch|Martin+concolor}}
 +
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptyonoprogne]] [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Ptyonoprogne]]

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Photo by James WilliamsDandeli, Karnataka, Southern India, February 2007
Photo by James Williams
Dandeli, Karnataka, Southern India, February 2007
Ptyonoprogne concolor

Hirundo concolor

Contents

[edit] Identification

13cm.

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found from India east to southern China, Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina.

[edit] Taxonomy

Previously included in genus Hirundo.

[edit] Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies[1]:

  • P. c. concolor :
  • P. c. sintaungensis:

[edit] Habitat

Gorges, cliffs, thorn forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It builds a half saucer shaped nest from mud, attached to walls of buildings.

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Nagpur Birds
  3. Wikipedia

[edit] External Links

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