Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Pied-winged Swallow (Hirundo leucosoma) - HBW 9, p. 669
French: Hirondelle à ailes tachetées
German: Scheckflügelschwalbe
Spanish: Golondrina Alipinta
Taxonomy: Hirundo leucosoma Swainson, 1837, West Africa.
In the past was sometimes placed with H. megaensis and H. dimidiata in a separate genus Hemicecrops, and has been thought by some authors to form a superspecies with those. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegambia, N Guinea, NW Sierra Leone, S Mali, Burkina Faso, SW Niger, and N Ivory Coast and Ghana E to C Nigeria.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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calling and streching his wings Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 1 min 50 sec 4.3 -
perching on a branch Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 32 sec 3.3 -
Five birds perched on a branche. Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia
Yoel Jimenez 9 January 2005 3 years ago 12 sec 2
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Resting on a branch
Locality Lamin Fields, Western Division, The Gambia
Klaus Lachenmaier 23 March 2013 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.7 -
1 bird
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 7 January 2005 4 years ago 2.3
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