Swallows and Martins (Hirundinidae)

Striated Swallow (Cecropis striolata) - HBW 9, p. 678

French: Hirondelle striolée German: Strichelschwalbe Spanish: Golondrina Estriada
Other common names: Eastern Red-rumped Swallow, Greater/Larger Striated Swallow, Mosque(!)/Oriental Mosque Swallow

Taxonomy: Hirundo striolata Schlegel, 1844, Java.
Genus often merged with Hirundo, but DNA studies support retention of separate taxa. Forms a superspecies with C. daurica and C. badia, the three replacing each other geographically; sometimes treated as conspecific with former, race japonica of which is intermediate between nominate race of that species and present species; often considered conspecific also with C. badia, but recent review suggests that they are separate species. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

mayri (B. P. Hall, 1953) - NE Bangladesh, NE India, N Myanmar and S China (SW Yunnan); winters N, E & S Myanmar, NW Thailand and Vietnam (E Tonkin, C Annam).
stanfordi (Mayr, 1941) - N, E & S Myanmar, NW & NE Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, C & S Annam and Cochinchina.
vernayi (Kinnear, 1924) - S Myanmar (N Tenasserim) and W Thailand.
striolata (Schlegel, 1844) - Taiwan, Philippines, Greater Sundas, and Lesser Sundas E to Wetar and Timor.