Black-capped swallow

The black-capped swallow (Atticora pileata) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-capped swallow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Atticora
Species:	A. pileata
Binomial name
Atticora pileata Gould, 1858

It was first described by John Gould as Atticora pileata in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.^[2]