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White-backed Swallow
Cheramoeca leucosterna (Gould, J 1841)
The white-backed swallow is a member of the family Hirundinidae and is endemic to Australia. It is monotypic within the genus Cheramoeca. As with all swallows within the family Hirundinidae, it is characterised by adaptation to aerial feeding. The white-backed swallow can be identified by its white back, surrounded by black wings and tail. The white-backed swallow has a wide distribution, from the southern part of the Australian continent, up to the Tropic of Capricorn. The white-backed swallow prefers grasslands and will create a burrow nest. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Cheramoeca
Scientific:
Cheramoeca leucosterna
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Cheramoeca
Scientific:
Cheramoeca leucosterna
Original description
Citation:
(Gould, J 1841)
Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London
(1840), Pt8 no.95 p.172
Protonym:
Hirundo leucosternus
Type locality:
Naomi River, New South Wales.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/898/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
46F6FA515AE867D9
Avibase ID:
avibase-46F6FA51
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/46F6FA51
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916661
Geographic range:
- Cheramoeca leucosterna: Southern Australia (except southwestern Western Australia and southern Victoria)
Source: Clements checklist
White-backed Swallow
Catalan:
oreneta de dors blanc
Czech:
vlaštovka bělohřbetá
Danish:
Hvidrygget Svale
German:
Weißrückenschwalbe
Spanish:
Golondrina Dorsiblanca
Spanish (Spain):
Golondrina Dorsiblanca
Finnish:
valkoselkäpääsky
French:
Hirondelle à dos blanc
Croatian:
bjeloleđa lastavica
Italian:
Rondine dorsobianco
Japanese (romaji):
sejirotsubame
Japanese:
セジロツバメ
Lithuanian:
Baltanugarė kregždė
Dutch:
Witrugzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kvitryggsvale
Norwegian:
Hvitryggsvale
Polish:
chera
Portuguese:
andorinha-de-dorso-branco
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-de-dorso-branco
Russian:
Белоспинная ласточка
Slovak:
lastovička bielochrbtá
Swedish:
vitryggig svala
Ukrainian:
Ластівка білоспинна
Chinese:
白背燕
Chinese (Traditional):
白背燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Hirondelle à dos blanc ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Hirondelle à dos blanc ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 1st edition: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternum) |
| Clements, version 2021: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2022: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2023: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2024: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 3rd edition: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternum) |
| Clements 4th edition: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Clements 6th edition: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2015: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2016: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2017: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2018: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Clements, version 2019: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 1.50: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 1.52: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 1.53: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 1.54: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 1.55: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2015: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2016: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2017: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2018: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2019: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2021: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2022: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2023: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| eBird version 2024: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
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| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosterna) |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternum) |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Cheramoeca leucosternum |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Cheramoeca leucosternum |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Cheramoeca leucosternum |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: White-backed Swallow ( Cheramoeca leucosternus) |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cheramoeca leucosterna |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cheramoeca leucosterna |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Catalan: oreneta de dors blanc
Czech: Vlaštovka belohrbetá, vlaštovka bělohřbetá
Danish: Hvidrygget Svale
German: Weißrückenschwalbe
English: Black-and-white Swallow, White backed Swallow, White-backed Swallow, White-breasted Swallow
English, HBW: White-backed Swallow
English (IOC): White-backed Swallow
English (United States): White-backed Swallow
Esperanto: Blankdorsa hirundo
Spanish: Golondrina de Lomo Blanco, Golondrina Dorsiblanca
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina Dorsiblanca
Spanish (HBW): White-backed Swallow
Estonian: valgeselg-pääsuke
Finnish: Valkoselkäpääsky
French: Hirondelle à dos blanc
Croatian: bjeloleđa lastavica
Italian: Rondine dorsobianco
Japanese (romaji): sejirotsubame
Japanese: セジロツバメ
Scientific: Cheramoeca leucosterna, Cheramoeca leucosternum, Cheramoeca leucosternum marngli, Cheramoeca leucosternum stonei, Cheramoeca leucosternus, Hirundo leucosternus
Lithuanian: Baltanugarė kregždė
Dutch: Witrugzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kvitryggsvale
Norwegian: Hvitryggsvale
Polish: chera, Chera australijska
Portuguese: andorinha-de-dorso-branco
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-de-dorso-branco
Russian: Белоспинная ласточка
Slovak: Lastovička bielochrbtá
Swedish: vitryggig svala, Vitryggssvala
Turkish: Ak sırtlı kırlangıç
Ukrainian: Ластівка білоспинна
Chinese: 白背燕
Chinese (Traditional): 白背燕
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