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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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West African Swallow* |
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Hirundo domicella |
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Description (7)
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West African Swallow
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Other Names (World)
West African Swallow, Lowland Swallow
Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)
Size
16 - 18 cm
First Described (Guide)
Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870
Habitat
Mostly area above wetlands and open country, including swamps, rivers, sewerage ponds and tailings dams and grasslands and coasts.
Benin, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan.
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Africa from Senegambia and Guinea east to Sudan and south-western Ethiopia.
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Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).
Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Not recognised by BirdLife International. Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) and West African Swallow (Hirundo domicella) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Hirundo daurica following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the West African Swallow see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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