Grey-rumped Swallow

Pseudhirundo griseopyga - Hirondelle à croupion gris

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Hirundinidés
Genus
:
Pseudhirundo
Species
:
griseopyga

Descriptor

Sundevall, 1850

Biometrics

Size
: 14 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 8 à 10 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Grey-rumped Swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Pseudhirundo griseopyga griseopyga (Nigeria to Ethiopia and w Kenya south to South Africa)
Pseudhirundo griseopyga melbina (Gambia and Senegal to nw Angola)

Foreign names

Hirondelle à croupion gris,
Golondrina culigrís,
andorinha-de-uropígio-cinzento,
Graubürzelschwalbe,
szürkehátú fecske,
Grijsstuitzwaluw,
Rondine groppagrigia,
grågumpsvala,
Grågumpsvale,
lastovička trávna,
vlaštovka afrotropická,
Grågumpet Svale,
harmaaperäpääsky,
Gryskruisswael,
oreneta de carpó gris,
szarorzytka,
Серогузая (настоящая) ласточка,
カワリツバメ,
灰腰燕,
灰腰燕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest