Black-and-rufous Swallow
Hirundo nigrorufaBocage, JVB, 1877
English (US) Black-and-rufous Swallow
The Black-and-rufous Swallow (Hirundo nigrorufa) 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: savanna of Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern ZambiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Hirundo nigrorufa
- Family
- Hirundinidae (Swallows)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-and-rufous Swallow
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1877
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Bocage, JVB, 1877
- Type locality
- Caconda, Angola.
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 6 p.158
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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