Atticora

Atticora
White-banded swallow (Atticora fasciata)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Subfamily:	Hirundininae
Genus:	Atticora Gould, 1842
Type species
Hirundo fasciata Gmelin, JF, 1789

Atticora is a genus of bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that are found in South America.

Species

The genus Atticora was introduced in 1842 by the English ornithologist John Gould with the white-banded swallow as the type species.^[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek Atthi meaning "Athenian" and kora meaning "maiden".^[2]

The genus contains three species:^[3]

Image	Common name	Scientific name	Distribution
	White-banded swallow	Atticora fasciata	Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela
	Black-capped swallow	Atticora pileata	south Mexico to west El Salvador
	White-thighed swallow	Atticora tibialis	Panama to west Ecuador, west Amazonia

References

1. Gould, John (1842). The Birds of Australia. Vol. 2. London: self. Plate 12 text (Part 9). For publication date see: Waterhouse, Frederick Herschel (1885). The Dates of Publication of Some of the Zoological Works of the Late John Gould, F.R.S. London: R.H. Porter. p. 30.
2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Swallows". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 May 2023.