Hill Swallow

Hirundo domicola - Hirondelle des Nilgiri

Hirondelle des Nilgiri
First year
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hirundo

  • Species
    :

    domicola

Descriptor

Jerdon, 1841

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

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle des Nilgiri
Hirondelle des Nilgiri

Hill Swallow (Hirundo domicola) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle des Nilgiri,
  • Golondrina de Cabaña,
  • andorinha-do-índico,
  • Hügelschwalbe,
  • Hutzwaluw,
  • tamilsvala,
  • Malabarsvale,
  • lastovička hôrna,
  • vlaštovka vrchovištní,
  • Sydindisk Svale,
  • jaskółka indyjska,
  • Каштановогорлая ласточка,
  • インドツバメ,
  • 山燕,
  • tamilsvala,
  • 嶺燕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle des Nilgiri

Habitat

Hirondelle des Nilgiri
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Urban Areas

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

Other sources of interest

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