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{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name              = ''Stelgidopteryx''
| image             = Stelgidopteryx serripennis.jpg
| taxon             = Stelgidopteryx
| authority         = [[Spencer Fullerton Baird|S.F. Baird]], 1858
| type_species      = ''[[Northern rough-winged swallow|Hirundo serripennis]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=161 |title= Hirundinidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-15}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = Audubon, 1838
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision       = 
''S. serripennis''<br/>
''S. ruficollis''
}}

'''''Stelgidopteryx''''' ([[Spencer Fullerton Baird|Baird]], 1858) is a small [[genus]] of [[Hirundinidae|swallows]]. It contains two [[species]]:

{| class="wikitable"
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! Image !! Scientific name  !! Common name !!Subspecies !! Distribution
|-
|[[File:Stelgidopteryx serripennis.jpg|120px]] ||''Stelgidopteryx serripennis''|| [[Northern rough-winged swallow]] ||* [[Ridgway's rough-winged swallow]], ''Stelgidopteryx serripennis ridgwayi'' ||[[North America]]
|-
|[[File:Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis).JPG|120px]] ||''Stelgidopteryx ruficollis'' ||  [[Southern rough-winged swallow]] || ||partial migrant breeding in [[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]
|-
|}

Adults of both species are brown on top with lighter underparts and a slightly forked tail. They nest in cavities but do not excavate their holes or form [[bird colony|colonies]].

These birds forage in flight over water or fields, usually flying low. They eat [[insect]]s.

"Rough-winged" refers to the serrated edge [[feathers]] on the wing of this genus; this feature would only be apparent in the hand.

==References ==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book
 | last = ffrench<!--this name should not be capitalized-->
 | first = Richard
 | title = A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
 | edition = 2nd
 | year = 1991
 | publisher = Comstock Publishing
 | isbn = 0-8014-9792-2 }}
*{{cite book
 | last = Hilty
 | first = Steven L. 
 | title = Birds of Venezuela
 | publisher = Christopher Helm
 | year = 2003
 | location = London
 | isbn = 0-7136-6418-5  }}
*{{cite book
 | last1 = Turner
 | first1 = Angela K.
 | last2 = Rose
 | first2 = Chris
 | title = A Handbook to the Swallows and Martins of the World
 | publisher = Christopher Helm
 | year = 1989
 | location = London
 | isbn = 0-7470-3202-5  }}

{{Hirundinidae}}
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[[Category:Stelgidopteryx| ]]
[[Category:Bird genera]]
[[Category:Birds of the Americas]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Spencer Fullerton Baird]]


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