Black-capped Swallow (Atticora pileata)
About the Black-capped Swallow
The black-capped swallow (Atticora pileata) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. The black-capped swallow was described in 1858 as Atticora pileata. For much of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first it was reclassified in genus Notiochelidon. Based in part on a study published in 2005, beginning in 2016 taxonomic systems returned it to Atticora. The black-capped swallow is monotypic.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 22 recordings for this species: 12 CC BY-NC-SA · 8 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- White-banded SwallowAtticora fasciatarecording
- White-thighed SwallowAtticora tibialisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.