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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Two birds preening Locality Hwange National Park, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe (ssp unitatis)
Alex García · Videoaves 29 December 2007 4 years ago 26 sec 4.7 -
Bird collecting mud for nest building Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Roland Bischoff 31 October 2009 41 weeks 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 4 years ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A bird perched on a wire Locality Springbok, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp unitatis)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2004 4 years ago 9 sec 4.4 -
two birds perched over head preening Locality Mburo Lake National Park, Uganda (ssp unitatis)
Martin Kennewell 31 May 2004 43 weeks ago 22 sec 3.3 -
An adult preening itself Locality Bioko
Ramón Antor 1986 8 years ago 26 sec 2.4
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collecting mud from the puddle to building a nest
Locality Nyasoso, Mount Kupe, Cameroon (ssp Cecropis abyssinica maxima)
kblach 19 February 2012 10 weeks ago 4.6 -
A morning in the Sabie riverbed
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Ghislain Gosse 14 August 2011 38 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult perched on a branch near a river
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa
Dubi shapiro 13 October 2010 11 weeks ago 4.3 -
A perched adult.
Locality Yabelo, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp abyssinica)
Ken Havard 7 November 2011 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 3.8 -
A male bird, carrying mud with its bill to build their nest.
Locality Kruger National Park, South Africa (ssp unitatis)
Carmelo López 7 November 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
An individual close to the water, to collect mud.
Locality Rust de Winter Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp unitatis)
Fran Trabalon 21 October 2008 1 year ago 3.4
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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 2 years ago 4
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