White-tailed Swallow
Hirundo megaensisBenson, CW, 1942
English (US) White-tailed Swallow
The White-tailed Swallow (Hirundo megaensis) 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: arid highlands of southern Ethiopia (Sidamo Province)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundo megaensis
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- White-tailed Swallow
- Described by
- Benson, CW, 1942
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Benson, CW, 1942
- Type locality
- ten miles west of Mega, 4,000 feet, Ethiopia.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 63 p.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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