Biology:West African swallow

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Short description: Species of bird

West African swallow
Cecropis domicella 1894.jpg
Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894)
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Cecropis
Species:
C. domicella
Binomial name
Cecropis domicella
(Heuglin, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Cecropis daurica domicella
  • Hirundo daurica domicella
  • Hirundo domicella
  • Lillia daurica domicella

The West African swallow (Cecropis domicella) is a swallow. It is found in Africa from Senegal to eastern Sudan.[1]

Taxonomy and systematics

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

  1. ↑ "Swallows « IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/swallows/. 
  2. ↑ "Cecropis domicella - Avibase". http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=0D8DB4AE1ECF61AF. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3136311 entry




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