Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirundo smithii - Hirondelle à longs brins
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Hirundo
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Species:
smithii
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 21 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 11 à 17 g
Geographic range
Identification
Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Hirundo smithii smithii (subsaharan Africa)
- Hirundo smithii filifera (sc and se Asia)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle à longs brins,
- Golondrina colilarga,
- andorinha-cauda-de-arame,
- Rotkappenschwalbe,
- drótfarkú fecske,
- Roodkruinzwaluw,
- Rondine codafili,
- trådstjärtad svala,
- Trådhalesvale,
- lastovička hnedohlavá,
- vlaštovka dlouhoocasá,
- Trådhalesvale,
- jouhipääsky,
- Draadstertswael,
- oreneta cuallarga,
- Þráðsvala,
- jaskółka rdzawogłowa,
- drātsastes bezdelīga,
- nitorepa lastovka,
- Нитехвостая ласточка,
- ハリオツバメ,
- 线尾燕,
- นกนางแอ่นหางลวด,
- 線尾燕,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Canals and Drainage Channels, Ditches
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
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
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- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
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- Sphenisciformes
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- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes