Grey-rumped swallow
The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo.
| Grey-rumped swallow | |
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| Grey-rumped Swallow | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Pseudhirundo Roberts, 1922 |
| Species: | P. griseopyga |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudhirundo griseopyga (Sundevall, 1850) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hirundo griseopyga griseopyga Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) | |
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
References
- BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Pseudhirundo griseopyga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22712209A118747190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712209A118747190.en. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
External links
- Grey-rumped swallow - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894)
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