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[[Image:Red-rumped_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|alibenn|alibenn}} <br/>Photo taken: Beidaihe, [[China]]]] | [[Image:Red-rumped_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|alibenn|alibenn}} <br/>Photo taken: Beidaihe, [[China]]]] | ||
;[[:Category:Cecropis|Cecropis]] daurica | ;[[:Category:Cecropis|Cecropis]] daurica | ||
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''Hirundo daurica'' | ''Hirundo daurica'' | ||
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[[Portugal]] and [[Spain]] to [[Japan]], [[India]] and tropical [[Africa]]. | [[Portugal]] and [[Spain]] to [[Japan]], [[India]] and tropical [[Africa]]. | ||
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| − | Previously included in genus [[:Category:Hirundo|''Hirundo'']] | + | Previously included in genus [[:Category:Hirundo|''Hirundo'']]<br /> |
| + | Around ten subspecies recognized. ''Domicella'' from West [[Africa]] is sometimes split as '''West African Swallow'''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Plains, grassland, rocky outcrops. | Plains, grassland, rocky outcrops. | ||
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- Cecropis daurica
Includes: West African Swallow Hirundo daurica
Identification
Blue upperparts, dusky underparts, pale or reddish rumps, face and neck collar and black undertails.
Distribution
Portugal and Spain to Japan, India and tropical Africa.
Taxonomy
Previously included in genus Hirundo
Around ten subspecies recognized. Domicella from West Africa is sometimes split as West African Swallow.
Habitat
Plains, grassland, rocky outcrops.
Behaviour
They build nests with a tunnel entrance lined with mud, 3-6 eggs are laid. They normally nest under cliff overhangs.
The diet includes insects.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Hirundo daurica (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
External Links
