White-backed Swallow

Cheramoeca leucosterna - Hirondelle à dos blanc

Hirondelle à dos blanc
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cheramoeca

  • Species
    :

    leucosterna

Descriptor

Gould, 1841

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

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle à dos blanc
adult
Hirondelle à dos blanc
adult

White-backed Swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle à dos blanc,
  • Golondrina dorsiblanca,
  • andorinha-de-dorso-branco,
  • Weißrückenschwalbe,
  • Witrugzwaluw,
  • Rondine dorsobianco,
  • vitryggig svala,
  • Hvitryggsvale,
  • lastovička bielochrbtá,
  • vlaštovka bělohřbetá,
  • Hvidrygget Svale,
  • valkoselkäpääsky,
  • oreneta de dors blanc,
  • chera,
  • Белоспинная ласточка,
  • セジロツバメ,
  • 白背燕,
  • vitryggig svala,
  • 白背燕,

Voice song and call

Hirondelle à dos blanc
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle à dos blanc
adult

Forest : Temperate ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

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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