Red-throated rock martin
| Red-throated rock martin | |
|---|---|
| In Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Ptyonoprogne |
| Species: | P. rufigula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptyonoprogne rufigula (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) | |
| Range | |
The red-throated rock martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula), 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.