Pearl-breasted Swallow (Hirundo dimidiata)

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sundevall, 1850

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, temperate grassland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Tanzania [United Republic of].

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 (9)...)

Pearl-breasted Swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) [XC214646]
by Lynette Rudman from Graaff-Reinet, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Pearl-breasted Swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) [XC435843]
by id from Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
In the past was sometimes placed with Pied-winged Swallow (Hirundo leucosoma) and White-tailed Swallow (Hirundo megaensis) in a separate genus Hemicecrops, and these three have been considered by some authors to form a superspecies. Subspecies poorly differentiated.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

marwitzi Reichenow, 1903 - Angola, southern DRCongo, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, north-eastern South Africa and western Mozambique.
dimidiata Sundevall, 1850 - Namibia and Botswana south to the Cape.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pearl-breasted Swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) - 10 files

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