White-headed Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne albiceps - Hirondelle à tête blanche

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Sclater, PL, 1864

Biometrics

Size
: 13 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 11 à 12 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

White-headed Saw-wing (Psalidoprocne albiceps) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Psalidoprocne albiceps albiceps (se Sudan and Uganda to n Zambia and n Malawi)
Psalidoprocne albiceps suffusa (n Angola)

Foreign names

Hirondelle à tête blanche,
Golondrina cabeciblanca,
andorinha-de-cabeça-branca,
Weißkopfschwalbe,
fehérszárnyú fűrészfecske,
Witkopkamzwaluw,
Rondine serrata testabianca,
vithuvad svala,
Hvithodesagsvale,
lastovička bielohlavá,
vlaštovka bělohlavá,
Hvidhovedet Skovsvale,
valkopäänokipääsky,
Witkopsaagvlerkswael,
oreneta capblanca,
żałobniczka białogłowa,
Белоголовая африканская ласточка,
シロガシラクロツバメ,
白头锯翅燕,
vithuvad svala,
白頭凹翅燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, 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

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

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

Other sources of interest