Pearl-breasted Swallow

Hirundo dimidiata - Hirondelle à gorge perlée

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Hirundinidés
Genus
:
Hirundo
Species
:
dimidiata

Descriptor

Sundevall, 1850

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 10 à 13 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pearl-breasted Swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Hirundo dimidiata dimidiata (Namibia and Botswana to s South Africa)
Hirundo dimidiata marwitzi (Angola and s DRCongo to ne South Africa and w Mozambique)

Foreign names

Hirondelle à gorge perlée,
Golondrina perlada,
andorinha-de-peito-pérola,
Perlbrustschwalbe,
Parelborstzwaluw,
Rondine pettoperla,
pärlemorbröstad svala,
Perlebrystsvale,
lastovička perleťová,
vlaštovka perlovoprsá,
Kapsvale,
helmipääsky,
Pêrelborsswael,
oreneta perlada,
jaskółka przylądkowa,
Жемчужногорлая (настоящая) ласточка,
オグロツバメ,
珠胸燕,
藍灰胸燕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Tempe

rate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Ponds (below 8ha)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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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
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.

Other sources of interest