Home Log Out
Birdpedia - Tanzania         | Home | Birds | Calendar | Reserves | Field Trips | Sightings | Reports | Contacts | [HBW - BirdLife (v3)] 15/05/2024 10:22:06 AM
Species Database
Find
Quick Links
News
 
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] Print... Email... 

 LC    Angola Swallow* Id (Atlas):
    Hirundo angolensis

Description (10)
Image of Angola Swallow
 

Other Names (World)
Angola Swallow, Angolan Swallow

Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Barboza du Bocage, 1868

Range (Guide)
Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.

Western Gabon, southern PRCongo and western Angola; central, north-eastern and eastern DRCongo, Uganda and western Kenya south to northern and north-western Zambia, north, western and eastern Tanzania and northern Malawi; and north-eastern Namibia (Caprivi Strip).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (18)...)

 
Angolan Swallow (Hirundo angolensis) [XC33804]
     by Peter Boesman from Speke Bay Lodge, Tanzania (song)

 
Angolan Swallow (Hirundo angolensis) [XC339207]
     by Peter Boesman from Chabilikila area, Luapula province, Zambia (call, song, song and call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida), Tahiti Swallow (Hirundo tahitica), Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena), White-throated Swallow (Hirundo albigularis) and Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica). Has been considered conspecific with Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida). Eastern African birds described as subspecies arcticincta, tending to be paler below and to have deeper tail-fork, but differences not constant and biometrics intergrade with those of adjacent populations.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis) - 10 files


More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the Angola Swallow see... Show Articles BirdLife International Species Factsheet.


Articles about the Angola Swallow

If you would like to read any articles about the Angola Swallow... Show Articles Show Articles (0)


No Pictures of Angola Swallow

If Birdpedia has no pictures of Angola Swallow or you would like to see more, then try the following...

      Show External Images from BING From BING (10)


No Videos of Angola Swallow

If Birdpedia has no videos of Angola Swallow or you would like to see more, then try the following..

      Show External Videos From BING (0)


Where can I observe this species?
Select an area (or leave blank) to see locations where this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   Find GPS using Google Maps
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


On What Field Trips was this species observed?
Select an area (or leave blank), and a date range, to see field trips on which this species has been recorded.

Area
  All   

From To  
 

Optional: Complete the following if you wish to restrict the reserve to within a given distance of a location.

Please enter the Latitude and Longitiude of a given location together with the maximum distance (km) to display a list of reserves within that distance. You must enter a Latitude, a Longitude and a distance greater than 0.
 
Latitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or   GPS help
Longitude: (Decimal degrees takes precedence)
Deg Min Sec     Decimal degrees (Include compass setting or value)
         or
Distance Bearing  
Get Sample GPS readings


Latest Sightings for Angola Swallow
Select the Area to restrict the Sightings.

Area
  All