Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
French: Hirondelle rousseline German: Rötelschwalbe Spanish: Golondrina Dáurica
Other common names: Golden-rumped Swallow; Black-vented Swallow (melanocrissus); Ceylon Swallow, Sykes’s Striated Swallow (hyperythra); Lesser Striated Swallow (daurica, japonica, erythropygia); West African Swallow/Striated Swallow, Lowland Swallow (domicella)
Taxonomy:
Hirundo daurica Laxmann, 1769, Mount Schlangen, near Zmeinogorsk, Altai, Russia.
Genus often merged with Hirundo, but DNA studies support retention of separate taxa. Forms a superspecies, and sometimes treated as conspecific, with C. striolata and C. badia, the three replacing each other geographically; race japonica is intermediate between former species and nominate race of present species. W & NE African race domicella sometimes considered a separate species; taxonomic status of Sri Lankan hyperythra also requires review. Proposed races disjuncta (from Birwa Plateau, in Sierra Leone) and gephyra (W Inner Mongo.. View all taxonomy...
Genus often merged with Hirundo, but DNA studies support retention of separate taxa. Forms a superspecies, and sometimes treated as conspecific, with C. striolata and C. badia, the three replacing each other geographically; race japonica is intermediate between former species and nominate race of present species. W & NE African race domicella sometimes considered a separate species; taxonomic status of Sri Lankan hyperythra also requires review. Proposed races disjuncta (from Birwa Plateau, in Sierra Leone) and gephyra (W Inner Mongolia S to E Tibet and Sichuan) are probably indistinguishable from, respectively, kumboensis and nominate. Ten subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rufula (Temminck, 1835) - SW & S Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean countries) and N Africa E to S Asia Minor, Levant (S to Israel), NE Saudi Arabia, W & S Iran, Pakistan, NW India and Tien Shan; winters Africa and SW Asia.
- daurica (Laxmann, 1769) - NE Kazakhstan E to SE Russia (W Amurland) and N Inner Mongolia, S to SC China (S to N Yunnan); winters S & SE Asia.
- japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) - E Amurland, NE, E & S China, Korea and Japan; winters SE Asia S to N Australia.
- rufula (Temminck, 1835) - SW & S Europe (Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean countries) and N Africa E to S Asia Minor, Levant (S to Israel), NE Saudi Arabia, W & S Iran, Pakistan, NW India and Tien Shan; winters Africa and SW Asia.
- daurica (Laxmann, 1769) - NE Kazakhstan E to SE Russia (W Amurland) and N Inner Mongolia, S to SC China (S to N Yunnan); winters S & SE Asia.
- japonica (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) - E Amurland, NE, E & S China, Korea and Japan; winters SE Asia S to N Australia.
- nipalensis (Hodgson, 1837) - Himalayas E to SE Xizang (Tibet) and N Myanmar; winters India.
- erythropygia (Sykes, 1832) - India from Punjab E to West Bengal, and S; winters S India and Sri Lanka.
- hyperythra (Blyth, 1849) - Sri Lanka.
- domicella (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1870) - Africa from Senegambia and Guinea E to Sudan and SW Ethiopia.
- kumboensis (Bannerman, 1923) - Sierra Leone (Birwa Plateau) and W Cameroon (Bamenda Highlands).
- melanocrissus Rüppell, 1845 - highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- emini (Reichenow, 1892) - SE Sudan, Uganda and C Kenya S to N Zambia and Malawi.
- Least Concern
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An adult coming to the nest to feed the chicks Taffraoute, Morocco (rufula)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2006 3 years ago 27 sec 4.6 -
A nest with two well-grown chicks, built in an abandoned house Taffraoute, Morocco (rufula)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2006 3 years ago 41 sec 4.5 -
a close-up of a bird Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 23 June 2008 1 year ago 31 sec 4.3 -
an adult preening Andújar, Jaén, Andalucia, Spain
Javier Ortas 23 June 2008 1 year ago 30 sec 4 -
Several birds with Barn and Welcome Swallows (in a Barn!). Newell Beach, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 1 January 2009 1 year ago 1 min 9 sec 3.8 -
A frontal view of a bird perched on a wire. Lesbos, Greece (rufula)
Eric Roualet 10 September 2007 1 year ago 7 sec 3.8
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A juvenile bird perched on a electric wire Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (erythropygia)
vasanthan.p.j 30 December 2009 5 weeks ago 4 -
Adult on a wire Marrakesh, Morocco (rufula)
Alain Fossé 18 March 2004 34 weeks ago 3.7 -
A pair indulging in courtship display Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (erythropygia)
vasanthan.p.j 30 December 2009 5 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird sitting on a ground Eilat, Israel
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 20 March 2009 5 weeks ago 3.5 -
Back of an adult on a wire Marrakesh, Morocco (rufula)
Alain Fossé 18 March 2004 34 weeks ago 3 -
Adult on a wire showing its black undertail coverts Marrakesh, Morocco (rufula)
Alain Fossé 18 March 2004 34 weeks ago 3
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