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 LC    Black-and-rufous Swallow* Id (Atlas):
    Hirundo nigrorufa

Description (6)
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Family
Hirundinidae (Swallows And Martins)

Size
13 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Barboza du Bocage, 1877

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland seasonally wet / flooded grassland, dry savanna.

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

Angola (Cuanza Sul south to northern Huí­la, east to southern Lunda Norte and northern Moxico) east to southern DRCongo and northern Zambia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A sharp 'chrik chrik' uttered in flight. A soft, tinkling display song.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

 
Black-and-rufous Swallow (Hirundo nigrorufa) [XC508945]
     by Peter Boesman from Kalwelwa area, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, Zambia (call)

 
Black-and-rufous Swallow (Hirundo nigrorufa) [XC508947]
     by Dries Van de Loock from Chitunta plain, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, Zambia (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea), but morphological differences probably too great to justify such a treatment.


References
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Files:
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