Tawny-headed Swallow

Alopochelidon fucata - 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

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 cries

play
pause

Habitat

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

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

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Birds of Venezuela, Steven L. Hilty
Birds of Colombia, Steven L. Hilty and William L. Brown
Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest