Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata)

Other Names (World)
Greater Striped Swallow, Greater Striped-Swallow, Streaked Swallow, Larger Stripe-breasted Swallow

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland and shrubland. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

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

Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Tanzania [United Republic of].

Breeds Angola, and from central Namibia, south-eastern Botswana and eastern and central Zimbabwe south to South Africa; migrates north to northern Angola, Zambia, southern DRCongo and south-western Tanzania.

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 (5)...)

Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata) [XC517484]
by Tony Archer from Wakkerstroom \, South Africa (flight call, song)

Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata) [XC292890]
by Frank Lambert from Sphinx, above Monk's Cowl, Drakensberg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus often merged with Hirundo, but DNA studies support retention of separate taxa. Often considered to form a superspecies with Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica), although ranges overlap widely in southern Africa.

References
See References.

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