Red-breasted Swallow
Cecropis semirufa - Hirondelle à ventre roux
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Cecropis
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Species:
semirufa
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 24 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 28 à 34 g
Longevity
5 years
Geographic range
Identification
Red-breasted Swallow (Cecropis semirufa) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Cecropis semirufa semirufa (s and e Angola to Malawi and ne South Africa)
- Cecropis semirufa gordoni (Senegal and Gambia to Sudan and south to n Angola, c DRCongo and n Tanzania)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle à ventre roux,
- Golondrina pechirrufa,
- andorinha-de-peito-ruivo,
- Rostbrust-Rötelschwalbe,
- kucsmás fecske,
- Roodborstzwaluw,
- Rondine pettorossiccio,
- savannsvala,
- Rustsvale,
- lastovička červenobruchá,
- vlaštovka rezavobřichá,
- Rødbrystet Svale,
- punarintapääsky,
- Rooiborsswael,
- oreneta pit-roja,
- jaskółka rdzawobrzucha,
- Рыжегрудая (настоящая) ласточка,
- アカハラコシアカツバメ,
- 褐胸燕,
- 褐胸燕,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, 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
EX
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
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- 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
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