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Swallow genera are the genera of the passerine family Hirundinidae, which Animal Diversity Web labels swallows and lists with 20 genera, the same number GBIF keeps as ranked genera. The largest by descendant taxa are Hirundo with about 58, Cecropis with about 36, Riparia with about 35, Petrochelidon with about 32, Ptyonoprogne with about 31, Progne with about 23, Tachycineta with about 22, Psalidoprocne with about 21, Delichon with about 17 and Stelgidopteryx with about 16.

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Hirundo

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Progne

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Animal Diversity Web: Hirundinidae
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Family Hirundinidae (swallows)
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GBIF Secretariat: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy, children of Hirundinidae
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  • Children of Hirundinidae
    "canonicalName":"Hirundo","vernacularName":"swallow","authorship":"Linnaeus, 1758","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ","numDescendants":58
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Cecropis
    "canonicalName":"Cecropis","vernacularName":"Red-rumped Swallows","authorship":"F.Boie, 1826","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Isis 19 col. 971","numDescendants":36
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Riparia
    "canonicalName":"Riparia","vernacularName":"Bank Swallows","authorship":"T.Forster, 1817","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Syn. Cat. Brit. Birds p. 17","numDescendants":35
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Petrochelidon
    "canonicalName":"Petrochelidon","vernacularName":"Cliff Swallows and Allies","authorship":"Cabanis, 1850","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Mus. Heineanum, 1, 1850","numDescendants":32
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Ptyonoprogne
    "canonicalName":"Ptyonoprogne","vernacularName":"Crag Martins","authorship":"Reichenbach, 1850","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","numDescendants":31
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Progne
    "canonicalName":"Progne","vernacularName":"American Martins","authorship":"F.Boie, 1826","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Boie, Friedrich. 1826. Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen. Isis von Oken 1826(Bd.19: Heft.10): col.969-982.","numDescendants":23
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Tachycineta
    "canonicalName":"Tachycineta","vernacularName":"Tree Swallows","authorship":"Cabanis, 1850","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Mus. Heineanum, 1, 1850","numDescendants":22
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Psalidoprocne
    "canonicalName":"Psalidoprocne","vernacularName":"African Rough-winged Swallows","authorship":"Cabanis, 1850","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Mus. Heineanum, 1, 1850","numDescendants":21
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Delichon
    "canonicalName":"Delichon","vernacularName":"house-martin","authorship":"Moore, 1854","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"Cat. Birds Mus. East-Ind. Co. [Horsfield & Moore]","numDescendants":17
  • Children of Hirundinidae: Stelgidopteryx
    "canonicalName":"Stelgidopteryx","vernacularName":"Rough-Winged Swallows","authorship":"S.F.Baird, 1858","nameType":"SCIENTIFIC","rank":"GENUS","origin":"SOURCE","taxonomicStatus":"ACCEPTED","nomenclaturalStatus":[],"remarks":"","publishedIn":"U. S. Pacific Railroad Surv., 9, xxxiv","numDescendants":16
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Wikipedia: Hirundo
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The bird genus Hirundo is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins).
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Wikipedia: Progne
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Progne is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae.
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