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African swallow may refer to:

  • Genus Cecropis, mud-nest building swallows:
    • Lesser striped swallow, Cecropis abyssinica
    • Greater striped swallow, Cecropis cucullata
    • Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica (range extends beyond Africa)
    • West African swallow, Cecropis domicella
    • Red-breasted swallow, Cecropis semirufa
    • Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis
  • Genus Hirundo open-cup nesting swallows:
    • Ethiopian swallow, Hirundo aethiopica
    • White-throated swallow, Hirundo albigularis
    • Angola swallow, Hirundo angolensis
    • Blue swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea
    • Pearl-breasted swallow, Hirundo dimidiata
    • Pied-winged swallow, Hirundo leucosoma
    • Red-chested swallow, Hirundo lucida
    • White-tailed swallow, Hirundo megaensis
    • white-bibbed swallow, Hirundo nigrita
    • Black-and-rufous swallow, Hirundo nigrorufa
    • Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica (range extends beyond Africa, this is also the European swallow)
    • Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii smithii
  • Genus Petrochelidon, cliff nesting swallows:
    • Forest swallow, Petrochelidon fuliginosa
    • Preuss's cliff swallow, Petrochelidon preussi
    • Red-throated cliff swallow, Petrochelidon rufigula
    • South African cliff swallow, Petrochelidon spilodera
  • Genus Pseudhirundo:
    • Grey-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo griseopyga

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African swallow

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Swallow

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species are long-distance migrants; by contrast, the West and South African swallows are nonmigratory. This family comprises two subfamilies: Pseudochelidoninae...

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Barn swallow

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South African cliff swallow

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The South African cliff swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera), also known as the South African swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae native...

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West African swallow

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The West African swallow (Cecropis domicella) is a swallow. It is found in Africa from Senegal to eastern Sudan. The West African swallow was originally...

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Sand martin

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known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a...

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Mosque swallow

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The mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) is a large species of swallow. It is a resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa, although most common...

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Cliff swallow

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Tree swallow

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The tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is a migratory bird of the family Hirundinidae. Found in the Americas, the tree swallow was first described in...

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Pacific swallow

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The Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south...

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Blue swallow

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Welcome swallow

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The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is a species native to Australia and nearby islands, and self-introduced...

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Lesser striped swallow

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The lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) is a large swallow. It breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa from Sierra Leone and southern Sudan south into eastern...

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Hirundo

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Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus name is Latin for a swallow. These are the typical swallows, including the widespread barn swallow. Many of...

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Purple martin

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martin (Progne subis) is a passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is the largest swallow in North America. Despite its name, the purple martin...

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Cave swallow

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The cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) is a medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow belonging to the same genus as the more familiar and widespread cliff...

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Western house martin

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passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and across the Palearctic; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia....

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