Range and conservation of the regionally Critically Endangered&nbsp;Black-collared Swallow, Pygochelidon melanoleuca (Wied, 1820)&nbsp;(Aves, Hirundinidae), in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Gabriele A. Silva; Gilberto N. Salvador; Gustavo B. Malacco; Wagner Nogueira; Sara M. Almeida

doi:10.15560/13.5.455

Check List 13(5): 455-459, doi: 10.15560/13.5.455

Range and conservation of the regionally Critically Endangered Black-collared Swallow, Pygochelidon melanoleuca (Wied, 1820) (Aves, Hirundinidae), in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Gabriele A. Silva^‡, Gilberto N. Salvador^§, Gustavo B. Malacco^|, Wagner Nogueira^¶, Sara M. Almeida^§

‡ Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia,, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil| Associação para a Gestão Socioambiental do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberlândia, Brazil¶ Sustentar Meio Ambiente Ltda ME, Betim, Brazil

Corresponding author: Gabriele A. Silva ( gabrieleandreia@hotmail.com )

Academic editor: Caio José Carlos

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Citation: Silva GA, Salvador GN, Malacco GB, Nogueira W, Almeida SM (2017) Range and conservation of the regionally Critically Endangered Black-collared Swallow, Pygochelidon melanoleuca (Wied, 1820) (Aves, Hirundinidae), in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Check List 13(5): 455-459. https://doi.org/10.15560/13.5.455

Abstract

The Black-collared Swallow, Pygochelidon melanoleuca, is a Critically Endangered species in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where its distribution remains poorly known. Here we present novel occurrence records in the Paranaíba,
São Francisco and Jequitinhonha river basins, and we discuss the conservation of this species in the region.

Keywords

Hirundinidae; hydroelectric power plants; Neotropics; São Francisco river basin