Grey-rumped Swallow

Pseudhirundo griseopyga - Hirondelle à croupion gris

Hirondelle à croupion gris
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Pseudhirundo

  • Species
    :

    griseopyga

Descriptor

Sundevall, 1850

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 14 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 8 à 10 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle à croupion gris
adult
Hirondelle à croupion gris
juvenile

Grey-rumped Swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Pseudhirundo griseopyga griseopyga (Nigeria to Ethiopia and w Kenya south to South Africa)
  • Pseudhirundo griseopyga melbina (Gambia and Senegal to nw Angola)

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle à croupion gris,
  • Golondrina culigrís,
  • andorinha-de-uropígio-cinzento,
  • Graubürzelschwalbe,
  • szürkehátú fecske,
  • Grijsstuitzwaluw,
  • Rondine groppagrigia,
  • grågumpsvala,
  • Grågumpsvale,
  • lastovička trávna,
  • vlaštovka afrotropická,
  • Grågumpet Svale,
  • harmaaperäpääsky,
  • Gryskruisswael,
  • oreneta de carpó gris,
  • szarorzytka,
  • Серогузая (настоящая) ласточка,
  • カワリツバメ,
  • 灰腰燕,
  • 灰腰燕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle à croupion gris
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle à croupion gris
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

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

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