South African Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon spilodera - Hirondelle sud-africaine

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Petrochelidon

  • Species
    :

    spilodera

Descriptor

Sundevall, 1850

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 14 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 16 à 26 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle sud-africaine
juvenile
Hirondelle sud-africaine
adult

South African Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle sud-africaine,
  • Golondrina sudafricana,
  • andorinha-rupestre-sul-africana,
  • Klippenschwalbe,
  • Kaapse Klifzwaluw,
  • Rondine del Sudafrica,
  • kapsvala,
  • Fregnesvale,
  • lastovička útesová,
  • vlaštovka pospolitá,
  • Kapklippesvale,
  • kapinpääsky,
  • Familieswael,
  • oreneta sud-africana,
  • jaskółka towarzyska,
  • Южноафриканская горная ласточка,
  • ナンアサンショクツバメ,
  • 非洲斑燕,
  • 非洲斑燕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle sud-africaine
juvenile

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Urban Areas ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Excavations (open)

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

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