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Ethiopian swallow
In Kakum NP, Ghana
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Hirundo
Species: H. aethiopica
Binomial name
Hirundo aethiopica
Blanford, 1869
Hirundo aethiopica - MHNT

The Ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. Although it is non-migratory, its range is wide, extending from Benin to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.

It is often confused with the wire-tailed swallow.

Social Behavior

It breeds and nests on cliffs and in buildings.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Hirundo aethiopica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712266A94326273. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712266A94326273.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Hirundo aethiopica Blanford. Ethiopian Swallow. Hirondelle d'Ethiopie.", The Birds of Africa, Academic Press Limited, 1992, doi:10.5040/9781472927019.0112, ISBN 978-0-1213-7304-7, retrieved 2024-02-18
Swallows (family: Hirundinidae)
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All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae)
Genus
Species
Psalidoprocne
(saw-wings)
Pseudhirundo
Cheramoeca
Phedina
Phedinopsis
Riparia
(sand martins)
Neophedina
Tachycineta
(tree swallows)
Progne
Orochelidon
Atticora
Pygochelidon
Stelgidopteryx
Alopochelidon
Hirundo
(barn swallows)
Ptyonoprogne
(crag martins)
Delichon
(house martins)
Cecropis
Petrochelidon
Cheramoeca
Taxon identifiers
Hirundo aethiopica


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