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 NR    Shari Sawwing* Id (Atlas):
    Psalidoprocne chalybea

Other Names (World)
Shari Sawwing, Shari Saw-wing, Western Saw-wing

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1892

Range (Guide)
Northern and central Cameroon east to Central African Republic, western Sudan and northern and central DRCongo.
 
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Black Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), Shari Sawwing (Psalidoprocne chalybea), Petit's Sawwing (Psalidoprocne petiti), Mangbettu Sawwing (Psalidoprocne mangbettorum), Ethiopian Sawwing (Psalidoprocne oleaginea), Brown Sawwing (Psalidoprocne antinorii), Eastern Sawwing (Psalidoprocne orientalis) and Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne holomelas) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Psalidoprocne pristoptera following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera).


References
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