Square-tailed Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne nitens - Hirondelle à queue courte

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Hirundinidés
Genus
:
Psalidoprocne
Species
:
nitens

Descriptor

Cassin, 1857

Biometrics

Size
: 11 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 8 à 11 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Square-tailed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Psalidoprocne nitens nitens (Guinea to c DRCongo and nw Angola)
Psalidoprocne nitens centralis (ne DRCongo)

Foreign names

Hirondelle à queue courte,
Golondrina colicuadrada,
andorinha-rabicurta,
Grünglanzschwalbe,
Junglekamzwaluw,
Rondine serrata codaquadra,
tvärstjärtad svala,
Korthalesagsvale,
lastovička tupochvostá,
vlaštovka západoafrická,
Rethalet Skovsvale,
pikkunokipääsky,
oreneta cuaquadrada,
żałobniczka równosterna,
Блестящая африканская ласточка,
カクビクロツバメ,
方尾锯翅燕,
tvärstjärtad svala,
方尾凹翅燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Illustration

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Sources of information

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
Avibase, Lepage Denis
BirdLife International, BirdLife International
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest