European Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis rufula(Temminck, CJ, 1835)
English (US) European Red-rumped Swallow
The European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Hirundinidae (Swallows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Iberian Peninsula to northern Africa, Iran, Afghanistan, and northwestern IndiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cecropis rufula
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- European Red-rumped Swallow
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Hirundo rufula
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1835)
- Type locality
- Egypt, Sicily, Japan.
- Original description
- Manuel d'ornithologie, ou tableau systématique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe (etc.), seconde édition ed.2, pt.3 p.298
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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