White-bibbed Swallow
Hirundo nigritaGray, GR, 1845
English (US) White-bibbed Swallow
The White-bibbed Swallow (Hirundo nigrita) 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: Sierra Leone to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and northern AngolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundo nigrita
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-bibbed Swallow
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1845
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1845
- Type locality
- no locality = Niger River.
- Original description
- The genera of birds: comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera 1, pt.10 p.58, pl.20
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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