Square-tailed saw-wing
Species of bird
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The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens), also known as the square-tailed rough-winged swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is native to the African tropical rainforest.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Psalidoprocne |
| Species: | P. nitens |
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| Psalidoprocne nitens (Cassin, 1857) | |
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Description
It is dark green, almost black.[2]
Subspecies
There are currently two recognised subspecies.[3]
- P. n. nitens, the nominate subspecies, which occurs in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Gabon, Congo and Angola.
- P. n. centralis, which occurs in northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.
