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title: "Streak-throated Swallow"
description: "Petrochelidon fluvicola — Uccelli. The streak-throated swallow or the Indian cliff swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola) is a passerine bird, which includes a large number of other species including many swallows."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/streak-throated-swallow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Streak-throated Swallow

> Petrochelidon fluvicola — Uccelli. The streak-throated swallow or the Indian cliff swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola) is a passerine bird, which includes a large number of other species including many swallows.

- Scientific name: *Petrochelidon fluvicola*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 889
- Wikidata: [Q1306657](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306657)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144804](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144804)

## Names

- en: Streak-throated Swallow
- de: Braunscheitelschwalbe
- es: Golondrina India
- fr: Hirondelle fluviatile
- nl: Indische klifzwaluw
- pl: Jaskółka brązowoskrzydła

## Countries with the most observations

IN (728), PK (14), BD (4)

## Summary

The streak-throated swallow or the Indian cliff swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola) is a passerine bird, which includes a large number of other species including many swallows.  It is native of South Asia where it is a breeder, year-round resident or winter visitor in the countries of Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It occurs as a vagrant in the Maldives, Sri Lanka, and the Middle East.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streak-throated_swallow

## Photo

![Streak-throated Swallow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/streak-throated-swallow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Omar Haroon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319517999

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/streak-throated-swallow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).