Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda.
Sierra Leone, south-eastern Guinea, Liberia, and southern parts of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin and Nigeria, east to south-western Central African Republic and DRCongo (except north-eastern and south-east) and south to north-western and north-eastern Angola (south to Cuanza Norte, Malanje and Lunda Sul); possibly also extreme western Uganda (R Semliki).
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).
White-bibbed Swallow (Hirundo nigrita) [XC217112]
by id from Parc National de la For\u00eat de Ta\u00ef, Ivory Coast (call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii), but substantial plumage and other morphological differences, combined with extent of range overlap in Africa (Congo Basin), make this unlikely.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet