White-backed Swallow

Cheramoeca leucosterna - 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

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 cries

play
pause

Habitat

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

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Sources of information

Birds of Asia and Australia, David Alderton
Birds of Australia, Peter Rowland
Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
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