Mosque Swallow
Cecropis senegalensis - Hirondelle des mosquées
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Cecropis
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Species:
senegalensis
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 24 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 29 à 50 g
Geographic range
Identification
Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 3 subspecies
- Cecropis senegalensis senegalensis (s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia east to sw Sudan)
- Cecropis senegalensis saturatior (s Ghana to s Sudan, Ethiopia, and n Kenya)
- Cecropis senegalensis monteiri (Angola and s DRCongo to s Kenya and south to ne South Africa)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle des mosquées,
- Golondrina senegalesa,
- andorinha-das-mesquitas,
- Senegalrötelschwalbe,
- Moskeezwaluw,
- Rondine delle moschee,
- moskésvala,
- Halsbåndsvale,
- lastovička mešitová,
- vlaštovka velká,
- Savannesvale,
- isoruostepääsky,
- Moskeeswael,
- oreneta del Senegal,
- jaskółka moskitowa,
- Гигантская (настоящая) ласточка,
- アフリカコシアカツバメ,
- 塞内加尔燕,
- 塞內加爾燕,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, 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
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EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- 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.
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