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Black-capped Swallow
Atticora pileata Gould, 1858
Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
Black-capped Swallow, Atticora pileata, is a swallow of Middle America, breeding from southern Mexico to western El Salvador. It was described by Gould in 1858 and belongs to the family Hirundinidae. It is a resident bird with a disjunct range, occurring in Chiapas, much of Guatemala, western Honduras and extreme northern El Salvador. It uses pine-oak forest, pine forest and cloudforest, including their edges, interiors and clearings, in subtropical and temperate zones. The species is monotypic.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
- Breeding range
- Middle America: s Mexico to w El Salvador
