Tawny-headed Swallow

Alopochelidon fucata - Hirondelle fardée

Hirondelle fardée
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Alopochelidon

  • Species
    :

    fucata

Descriptor

Temminck, 1822

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 13 à 15 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle fardée
adult
Hirondelle fardée
adult

Tawny-headed Swallow (Alopochelidon fucata) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle fardée,
  • Golondrina cabecicastaña,
  • andorinha-morena,
  • Fuchsschwalbe,
  • Bruinkopzwaluw,
  • Rondine testafulva,
  • rosthuvudsvala,
  • Rusthodesvale,
  • lastovička savanová,
  • vlaštovka rezavohlavá,
  • Rustsavvinge,
  • ruostenaamiopääsky,
  • oreneta de cap rogenc,
  • jaskółeczka rudogłowa,
  • Лисья ласточка,
  • キツネツバメ,
  • 棕头燕,
  • rosthuvad svala,
  • 棕頭燕,

Voice song and call

Hirondelle fardée
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle fardée

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)

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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Hirondelle fardée

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