Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica) - HBW 9, p. 668
French: Hirondelle d’Éthiopie
German: Fahlkehlschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina Etiópica
Taxonomy: Hirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869, Barakit, Tigray, north Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with H. rustica, H. lucida, H. angolensis, H. tahitica, H. neoxena and H. albigularis. Birds from W Africa E to Sudan sometimes separated as race fulvipectus on basis of more buffy throat and breast, but probably indistinguishable from nominate. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- aethiopica Blanford, 1869 - Senegambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, and from E Mali, N Burkina Faso, S Niger and C Chad S to N Cameroon and N Central African Republic and E to C & SE Sudan, W Ethiopia, N Uganda, N & SE Kenya and NE Tanzania.
- amadoni C. M. N. White, 1956 - E Ethiopia, Somalia and NE Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult preening besides an immature Barn Swallow. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp amadoni)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Two birds perched on wires, preening besides two Barn Swallows. Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp amadoni)
Josep del Hoyo 28 November 2005 6 years ago 35 sec 3.8
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A front view of a bird.
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia (ssp amadoni)
Josep del Hoyo 29 November 2005 2 years ago 3.5 -
An endemic
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Guy Poisson 15 February 2010 1 year ago 3.3 -
An adult and young Ethiopian Swallows take a rest on a wire.
Locality Mhelka Gebdu, Afar Plains, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Christian Boix Hinzen 5 November 2009 2 years ago 2 -
An adult and an immature bird.
Locality Bilen Lodge, Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Ken Havard 11 November 2011 3 hours ago ADDED TODAY! 0
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