Black Saw-wing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera - Hirondelle hérissée
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Psalidoprocne
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Species:
pristoptera
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 13 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 11 à 13 g
Geographic range
Identification
Black Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 12 subspecies
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera pristoptera (Eritrea and n Ethiopia)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera blanfordi (wc Ethiopia)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera antinorii (c and s Ethiopia)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera oleaginea (se Sudan and sw Ethiopia)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera mangbettorum (s Sudan and ne DRCongo)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera chalybea (n and c Cameroon to w Sudan and n and c DRCongo)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera petiti (e Nigeria to nw Angola)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera ruwenzori (e DRCongo, sw Uganda)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera orientalis (e Zambia and s Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera reichenowi (Angola, s DRCongo and Zambia)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera massaica (Kenya, n and c Tanzania)
- Psalidoprocne pristoptera holomelas (s Zimbabwe and s Mozambique to e and s South Africa)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle hérissée,
- Golondrina negra,
- andorinha-preta,
- Erzschwalbe,
- Blauw-zwarte Kamzwaluw,
- Rondine serrata nera,
- svartsvala,
- Svartsagsvale,
- lastovička čierna,
- vlaštovka modročerná,
- Blå Skovsvale,
- sininokipääsky,
- Swartsaagvlerkswael,
- oreneta negra,
- żałobniczka sawannowa,
- Тёмная африканская ласточка,
- ムネジロクロツバメ,
- 蓝锯翅燕,
- 藍凹翅燕,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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