Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) - HBW 9, p. 676
French: Hirondelle striée
German: Maidschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina Abisinia
Other common names: Striped Swallow
Taxonomy: Hirundo abyssinica Guérin-Méneville, 1843, Ethiopia.
Genus often merged with Hirundo, but DNA studies support retention of separate taxa. Often considered to form a superspecies with C. cucullata, although ranges overlap widely in S Africa. Race unitatis intergrades with nominate in S Sudan and Kenya, and probably overlaps in range with ampliformis in S. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- puella (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) - Senegambia and Sierra Leone E to N Cameroon.
- maxima (Bannerman, 1923) - SE Nigeria, S Cameroon and SW Central African Republic; also Bioko (Fernando Póo).
- bannermani (C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1942) - W & SW Sudan and NE Central African Republic.
- puella (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) - Senegambia and Sierra Leone E to N Cameroon.
- maxima (Bannerman, 1923) - SE Nigeria, S Cameroon and SW Central African Republic; also Bioko (Fernando Póo).
- bannermani (C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1942) - W & SW Sudan and NE Central African Republic.
- abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) - E Sudan and Ethiopia.
- unitatis (W. L. Sclater & Mackworth-Praed, 1918) - Equatorial Guinea and Gabon E to S Sudan, Kenya and S Somalia, S to C Angola, E Zambia, Zimbabwe, E Botswana, Mozambique and E South Africa.
- ampliformis (Clancey, 1969) - S Angola and N Namibia E to W Zambia and NW Zimbabwe.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Bird collecting mud for nest building Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 31 October 2009 1 year ago 19 sec 4.5 -
Several birds perched and calling Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp unitatis)
Dave Jackson 7 February 2002 5 years ago 22 sec 4.2 -
Two birds preening Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp unitatis)
Alex García · Videoaves 29 December 2007 5 years ago 26 sec 4.1 -
A bird perched on a wall. Locality Amboseli National Park, Kenya
ANTHONY VILLAUME 4 April 2013 5 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 15 sec 4 -
A bird perched on a wire Locality Springbok, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp unitatis)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2004 5 years ago 9 sec 3.7 -
A bird hanging on a wall next to a nest Locality Gisenyi, West Province, Rwanda
Pascal Vagner 6 March 2013 5 weeks ago 13 sec 3.7
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Juvenile.
Locality Nairobi National Park, Kenya (ssp unitatis)
Nick Athanas 12 September 2012 21 weeks ago 4.6 -
collecting mud from the puddle to building a nest
Locality Nyasoso, Mount Kupe, Cameroon (ssp Cecropis abyssinica maxima)
Krzysztof Blachowiak 19 February 2012 1 year ago 4.5 -
A morning in the Sabie riverbed
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 14 August 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Adult perched on a branch near a river
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi Shapiro 13 October 2010 1 year ago 4.3 -
On a branch
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Guy Poisson 29 October 2012 21 weeks ago 4 -
Bird in flight
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 30 December 2012 17 weeks ago 3.8
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Vocalizations perched under a roof. 12:03pm. Locality Mkuze Game Reserve, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
(ssp unitatis)
Charles Hesse 3 January 2010 3 years ago 4
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