Atticora

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

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

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