Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida)

Other Names (World)
Red-chested Swallow, African Swallow, African Barn Swallow, Gambian Swallow (lucida), Gambian Barn Swallow (lucida)

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub, 1858

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.

Vagrant to Cameroon, Liberia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida) [XC315554]
by Peter Boesman from Kafolo lodge, Kafolo, Ivory Coast (call, flight call)

Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida) [XC425382]
by Peter Boesman from Tendaba, Kiang Central, North Bank Division, Gambia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Tahiti Swallow (Hirundo tahitica), Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis), Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), White-throated Swallow (Hirundo albigularis) and Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica). Has been considered conspecific with Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica). Paler birds from northern part of range of nominate often separated as subspecies clara, but variation probably clinal.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

lucida Hartlaub, 1858 - Senegal and extreme southern Mauritania east to south-western Niger, south to Liberia, northern Togo and Benin.
rothschildi Neumann, 1904 - Ethiopian Highlands.
subalaris Reichenow, 1905 - R Congo.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida) - 10 files

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