Petit's Sawwing (Psalidoprocne petiti)

Other Names (World)
Petit's Sawwing, Petit's Saw-wing, Petit's Roughwing

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe & Bouvier, 1876

Range (Guide)

Eastern Nigeria, southern Cameroon, Gabon and extreme north-western Angola (Cabinda).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Black Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), Shari Sawwing (Psalidoprocne chalybea), Petit's Sawwing (Psalidoprocne petiti), Mangbettu Sawwing (Psalidoprocne mangbettorum), Ethiopian Sawwing (Psalidoprocne oleaginea), Brown Sawwing (Psalidoprocne antinorii), Eastern Sawwing (Psalidoprocne orientalis) and Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne holomelas) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Psalidoprocne pristoptera following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera).

References
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