West African swallow | |
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Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Genus: | Cecropis |
Species: | C. domicella
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Binomial name | |
Cecropis domicella (
Heuglin, 1869)
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Synonyms | |
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The West African swallow (Cecropis domicella) is a swallow. It is found in Africa from Senegal to eastern Sudan. [1]
The West African swallow was originally described in the genus Hirundo. Some authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the red-rumped swallow. Alternate names for the West African swallow include the lowland swallow, Senegal red-rumped swallow and West African striated swallow. [2]
West African swallow | |
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Illustration by R. B. Sharpe (1894) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Genus: | Cecropis |
Species: | C. domicella
|
Binomial name | |
Cecropis domicella (
Heuglin, 1869)
| |
Synonyms | |
|
The West African swallow (Cecropis domicella) is a swallow. It is found in Africa from Senegal to eastern Sudan. [1]
The West African swallow was originally described in the genus Hirundo. Some authorities consider it to be a subspecies of the red-rumped swallow. Alternate names for the West African swallow include the lowland swallow, Senegal red-rumped swallow and West African striated swallow. [2]