Grey-rumped swallow

The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo.

Grey-rumped swallow
Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Pseudhirundo
Roberts, 1922
Species:
P. griseopyga
Binomial name
Pseudhirundo griseopyga
(Sundevall, 1850)
Grey-rumped Swallow

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2017). "Pseudhirundo griseopyga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22712209A118747190. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712209A118747190.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.


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