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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.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-throated Crag-Martin being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Ptyonoprogne fuligula
- Ptyonoprogne concolor
- Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Orochelidon murina
- Atticora tibialis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Ptyonoprogne
- Species
- Ptyonoprogne rufigula
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