Angola Swallow
Hirundo angolensisBocage, JVB, 1868
English (US) Angola Swallow
The Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis) 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: Uganda to western Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, and GabonRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundo angolensis
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Angola Swallow
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1868
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1868
- Type locality
- Huilla, Angola.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 2 no.5 p.47
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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