Red-throated Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon rufigula - Hirondelle à gorge fauve

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Petrochelidon

  • Species
    :

    rufigula

Descriptor

Barboza du Bocage, 1878

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Red-throated Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon rufigula) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle à gorge fauve,
  • Golondrina gorjirroja,
  • andorinha-rupestre-de-cara-vermelha,
  • Rotkehlschwalbe,
  • Roodkeelklifzwaluw,
  • Rondine golarossa,
  • rödstrupig svala,
  • Kløftsvale,
  • lastovička červenohrdlá,
  • vlaštovka rudohrdlá,
  • Angolaklippesvale,
  • angolanpääsky,
  • Rooikeelfamielieswael,
  • oreneta gola-roja,
  • jaskółka rdzaworzytna,
  • Красногорлая горная ласточка,
  • ノドアカサンショクツバメ,
  • 红喉燕,
  • 紅喉燕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

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

QRcode Hirondelle à gorge fauve
published: - Updated: 14-09-2012
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