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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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  • rufigula South African cliff swallow, Petrochelidon spilodera Genus Pseudhirundo: Grey-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo griseopyga Swallow African swallowtail...
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  • Thumbnail for Cliff swallow
    The cliff swallow or American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins...
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  • Thumbnail for White-winged swallow
    The white-winged swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) is a resident breeding swallow in tropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, and Argentina...
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  • Thumbnail for Wire-tailed swallow
    wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and...
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  • The Tahiti swallow (Hirundo tahitica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is found on the islands of Moorea and Tahiti in...
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    The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands...
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    rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. The Fanti saw-wing has often described as the most beautiful of the swallows, owing to...
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  • Thumbnail for Red-breasted swallow
    red-breasted swallow (Cecropis semirufa), also known as the rufous-chested swallow, is a member of the family Hirundinidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is...
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    swallow)". Biodiversity Explorer. Iziko Museums of South Africa. Retrieved 2016-11-20. Mosque Swallow - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African...
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  • Thumbnail for Hill swallow
    The hill swallow (Hirundo domicola) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in southern India and Sri Lanka. It is resident apart from...
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    rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) is a small, migratory swallow. It is very similar to the southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx...
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    Petrochelidon (redirect from Cliff Swallow)
    of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows. The genus name Petrochelidon is from the Greek words petra, "rock", and khelidon, "swallow". The genus includes...
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  • Thumbnail for European red-rumped swallow
    The European red-rumped swallow (Cecropis rufula) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It breeds in open hilly country of southern...
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    Sand martin (redirect from Bank Swallow)
    separate it at once from similar swallows, such as the common house martin (Delichon urbicum), the American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) or other...
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    American 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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  • Thumbnail for Red-chested swallow
    The red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser striped swallow
    striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) is a large swallow. It breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa from Sierra Leone and southern Sudan south into eastern South Africa...
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  • Thumbnail for Welcome swallow
    The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that is native to Australia and nearby islands. It has...
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  • Thumbnail for Barn swallow
    The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in...
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    violet-green swallow is slightly shallower than that of the tree swallow, but deeper than the relatively flat tail of the cliff swallow. Violet-green swallows exhibit...
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  • Hirundinidae. It is found in northern areas of Africa south of the Sahara. The African red-rumped swallow was formally described and illustrated in 1845...
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  • Thumbnail for Southern rough-winged swallow
    The southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) is a small swallow. It was first formally described as Hirundo ruficollis by French ornithologist...
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  • Thumbnail for Streak-throated swallow
    The streak-throated swallow or the Indian cliff swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola) is a passerine bird, which includes a large number of other species...
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    paludicola) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family, Hirundinidae, that is widely distributed across Africa. It was formerly regarded as conspecific...
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  • Thumbnail for Caribbean martin
    Caribbean martin or white-bellied martin (Progne dominicensis) is a large swallow. It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the...
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  • Thumbnail for Tree swallow
    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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    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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  • Thumbnail for Greater striped swallow
    greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata) is a large swallow that is native to Africa south of the equator. The greater striped swallow was described...
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  • Thumbnail for Eastern red-rumped swallow
    swallow and the African red-rumped swallow were formerly considered as subspecies of the eastern red-rumped swallow. The eastern red-rumped swallow was...
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