Biology:Grey-rumped swallow

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Short description: Species of bird

Grey-rumped swallow
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Grey-rumped Swallow
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Pseudhirundo
Roberts, 1922
Species:
P. griseopyga
Binomial name
Pseudhirundo griseopyga
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms[1]

Hirundo griseopyga griseopyga Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo.

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa , Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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External links

Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894)

Wikidata ☰ Q1589166 entry