Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae (Swallows, Martins)  
Genus: Hirundo (16 species)


Ethiopian Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica aethiopica)
Range: AF: ne, c
Waza National Park, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


White-throated Swallow
White-throated Swallow (Hirundo albigularis)
Range: AF: Botswana and Zimbabwe to s South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Angola Swallow
Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis)
Range: AF: Gabon, w Angola, c, e DRCongo to Uganda, w Kenya, Tanzania, n Malawi and n Zambia
Omurwera, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Blue Swallow
Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) Vulnerable
Range: AF: patchily from se DR Congo and c Tanzania to e South Africa
Nyika National Park, Malawi  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Pearl-breasted Swallow
Pearl-breasted Swallow (Hirundo dimidiata)
Range: AF: s, sc
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


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Hill Swallow (Hirundo domicola)
Range: OR: s India and Sri Lanka
 



Pacific Swallow
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica javanica)
Range: OR, AU, PO: se Asia to New Guinea and w, c Micronesia
Pak Thale, Ban Laem, Phetchaburi, Thailand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


Pied-winged Swallow
Pied-winged Swallow (Hirundo leucosoma)
Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria
The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Charles J. Sharp/Sharp Photography     Copyright and usage info


Red-chested Swallow
Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida)
Range: AF: c, w, ne
Makasutu, The Gambia  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


White-tailed Swallow
White-tailed Swallow (Hirundo megaensis) Vulnerable
Range: AF: montane sc Ethiopia
Liben Plains, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena neoxena)
Range: AU: Australia, Tasmania, Lord Howe and Norfolk is. (e of Australia), New Zealand and n outlying is.
Peter Murrell Reserve, Tasmania, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


White-bibbed Swallow
White-bibbed Swallow (Hirundo nigrita)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to w Uganda, s DRCongo and n Angola
Loango National Park, Gabon  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Black-and-rufous Swallow
Black-and-rufous Swallow (Hirundo nigrorufa) Immature
Range: AF: wc Angola through s DRCongo to e Zambia
Chitunta Plain, Zambia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster)
Range: Worldwide: Eurasia and North America
Ceiba de Orotina, Costa Rica  
   
Photograph by Jorge Obando Gutierrez   © Copyrighted, All Rights Reserved.

Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) Immature
Range: Worldwide: Eurasia and North America
Isla San Andres, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

A widespread migratory species.

Wire-tailed Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii smithii)
Range: AF, OR: widespread
Uganda  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


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Tahiti Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
Range: PO: Moorea and Tahiti (se Society Is., e Polynesia)
 




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