Blue Swallow
Hirundo atrocaerulea - Hirondelle bleue
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Hirundo
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Species:
atrocaerulea
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 25 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight:
Geographic range
Identification
Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Hirondelle bleue,
- Golondrina azul,
- andorinha-azul,
- Stahlschwalbe,
- kék fecske,
- Blauwe Zwaluw,
- Rondine blu,
- blåsvala,
- Blåsvale,
- lastovička modrá,
- vlaštovka modrá,
- Blåsvale,
- sinihaarapääsky,
- Blouswael,
- oreneta blava,
- jaskółka długosterna,
- Голубая (настоящая) ласточка,
- クロハリオツバメ,
- 蓝燕,
- blåsvala,
- 藍燕,
Habitat
Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands
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
- Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
- Birds of East Africa, C.A.W. Guggisberg
- 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 (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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