Angola Swallow

Hirundo angolensis - Hirondelle de l'Angola Hirondelle d'Angola

Hirondelle de l'Angola
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hirundo

  • Species
    :

    angolensis

Descriptor

Barboza du Bocage, 1868

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 15 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 16 à 18 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle de l'Angola
Hirondelle de l'Angola

Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle de l'Angola,
  • Golondrina angoleña,
  • andorinha-de-angola,
  • Angolaschwalbe,
  • angolai fecske,
  • Angolese Zwaluw,
  • Rondine d'Angola,
  • angolasvala,
  • Angolasvale,
  • lastovička angolská,
  • vlaštovka angolská,
  • Angolasvale,
  • angolanhaarapääsky,
  • Angolaswael,
  • oreneta d'Angola,
  • jaskółka angolska,
  • Ангольская (настоящая) ласточка,
  • ハイバラツバメ,
  • 安哥拉燕,
  • 安哥拉燕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle de l'Angola

Habitat

Hirondelle de l'Angola

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Distribution

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 26-01-2012
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