White-headed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne albiceps)

Other Names (World)
White-headed Saw-wing, White-headed Sawwing, White-headed Roughwing

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sclater, 1864

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, lowland dry grassland, dry savanna, high altitude shrubland. From sea-level - 2,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Vagrant to Ethiopia.

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

White-headed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne albiceps) [XC289267]
by id from Bugungu Airstrip, Murchinson Falls National Park, Uganda (flight call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Mountain Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

albiceps Sclater, 1864 - Extreme south-eastern Sudan and eastern DRCongo, Uganda and western Kenya south to Tanzania (mainly around L Victoria and in west), northern Zambia and northern Malawi.
suffusa Ripley, 1960 - Northern Angola (Lunda Sul).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-headed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne albiceps) - 10 files

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