West African swallow
Appearance
West African swallow | |
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Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Genus: | Cecropis |
Species: | C. domicella
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Binomial name | |
Cecropis domicella (Heuglin, 1869)
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Synonyms | |
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The West African swallow (Cecropis domicella) is a swallow. It is found in Africa from Senegal to eastern Sudan.[1]
Taxonomy and systematics
[edit]The West African swallow was originally described in the genus Hirundo. Some authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the red-rumped swallow. Alternate names for the West African swallow include the lowland swallow, Senegal red-rumped swallow and West African striated swallow.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Swallows « IOC World Bird List". www.worldbirdnames.org. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ "Cecropis domicella - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2017-05-05.