Blue Swallow
Hirundo atrocaeruleaSundevall, CJ, 1850
English (US) Blue Swallow
The Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) 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: eastern South Africa and western Eswatini; winters northward to Kenya and southern UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundo atrocaerulea
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Blue Swallow
- Described by
- Sundevall, CJ, 1850
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sundevall, CJ, 1850
- Type locality
- lower Caffraria; type from Umvoti, Natal.
- Original description
- Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 7, no.4 p.107
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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