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 LC    Brazza's Martin* Id (Atlas):
    Phedinopsis brazzae

Description (7)
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Other Scientific Names
Phedinopsis brazzae [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]

Other Names (World)
Brazza's Martin, Congo Martin, Brazza's Swallow

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Oustalet, 1886)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)
Angola (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B).

Southern PRCongo, southern DRCongo and north-eastern Angola (northern Lunda Norte).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and increasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Brazza's Martin (Phedinopsis brazzae) [XC761418]
     by Wayne Paes from Kassongue (near Sanjamba), Cassongue, Kwanza-Sul, Angola (song)

 
Brazza's Martin (Phedinopsis brazzae) [XC761419]
     by id from Kassongue (near Sanjamba), Cassongue, Kwanza-Sul, Angola (song, subsong)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes placed in a monotypic genus Phedinopsis and occasionally in Riparia. Close relationship with Mascarene Martin (Phedina borbonica), with which it forms a superspecies.


References
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Files:
JPG files for Brazzas Martin (Phedinopsis brazzae) - 7 files


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