Black-and-rufous swallow

Species of bird

Black-and-rufous swallow
At Munhango, Angola
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Hirundo
Species:
H. nigrorufa
Binomial name
Hirundo nigrorufa

The black-and-rufous swallow (Hirundo nigrorufa) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.

Range

It inhabits the miombo ecosystems of Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia.

Illustration dating from 1894
Black-and-rufous Swallow, flying

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hirundo nigrorufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712312A94328860. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712312A94328860.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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Swallows (family: Hirundinidae)
River martins (subfamily: Pseudochelidoninae · genus: Pseudochelidon)
Genus
Pseudochelidon
All other swallows and martins (subfamily: Hirundininae)
Genus
Psalidoprocne
(saw-wings)
Pseudhirundo
Cheramoeca
Phedina
Phedinopsis
Riparia
(sand martins)
Neophedina
Tachycineta
(tree swallows)
Progne
Orochelidon
Atticora
Pygochelidon
Stelgidopteryx
Alopochelidon
Hirundo
(barn swallows)
Ptyonoprogne
(crag martins)
Delichon
(house martins)
Cecropis
Petrochelidon
Cheramoeca
Taxon identifiers
Hirundo nigrorufa


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