Red-throated Crag-Martin
Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The red-throated rock martin, also known as the red-throated crag-martin, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family, Hirundinidae. It is found over a large area of Africa from Sierra Leone eastwards to Eritrea and Ethiopia and then south across East Africa to Zimbabwe and northern Mozambique. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the large rock martin.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Ptyonoprogne