Avibase: Cecropis abyssinica (Lesser Striped Swallow)

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, FÉ 1843)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Andres Angulo Rubiano	2019-03-17	Yokadouma, Boumba-et-Ngoko, Région de l'Est, Est (Cameroon) (550 m)	adult, male, song - Male seen well in front of the hotel in a exposed branch. Recording distance was 5 meters. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	530160 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Peter Boesman	2016-09-21	Chabilikila area, Luapula province, Luapula (Zambia)	song - [sono]	339010 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Peter Boesman	2016-09-16	Area north of Kasama, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia)	song and call - [sono]	339009 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	2006-12-17	Pilanesberg National Park, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, Mankwe (South Africa) (1300 m)	song - [sono]	753606 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped-Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Myles E. W. North	1962-07-18	NAIROBI; MYLES' MUTHAIGA HOUSE, Kenya, Kenya (Kenya)	-	8048 macaulaylibrary.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Peter Boesman	2022-06-24	Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kanungu (Uganda)	call - Calls in flight	739490 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	African Bioacoustics Community	2024-02-20	Kruger Park (near Skukuza), Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, Witrivier (South Africa) (280 m)	- 2kHz high pass filter, -3dB normalised, audio split, two recordings combined. 3 individuals foraging for nest material, and interacting with each other.	1003508 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Lynette Rudman	2019-10-04	Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, Albany (South Africa) (600 m)	song - Male swallow seen calling from a suburban garden in the early morning near a nest that they occupied last summer. They started bringing mud to repair their nest soon after this recording. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	500737 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica puella	Étienne Leroy	2016-02-21	Cosrou, Dabou, Lagunes, Lagunes (former) (Côte d'Ivoire) (80 m)	flight call, song - Birds perched and singing, others flying. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	305002 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Peter Boesman	2022-06-24	Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kanungu (Uganda)	call - Calls in flight	739489 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Martin St-Michel	2015-03-02	Queen Elizabeth National Park, Kasese, Western Region, Bushenyi (former division) (Uganda) (950 m)	flight call - Several individuals calling in flight. Habitat: woodland, stream. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	251852 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	BurBenj	2021-04-19	Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Lékoko (Gabon) (600 m)	uncertain - In An open savannah, nesting under the roofs bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	663241 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Faansie Peacock	2015-12-30	Bushwillow Estate, Vaalkop Dam Nature Reserve, near Beestekraal, North West, Northwest Province (South Africa) (1000 m)	call, song - A group of about 10 Lesser Striped Swallows flying around and calling, with one singing a short sequence a few seconds into the clip. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	307296 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	2006-12-17	Pilanesberg National Park, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality, North West, Mankwe (South Africa) (1300 m)	flight call - [sono]	753612 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Marc de Bont	15-4-2007	Makoko Language School, near Musoma, Mara (Tanzania) (? m)	call (A) - Adult near nesting side flying around recorder	33816 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Hans Matheve	2021-12-19	Chishimba Falls, Northern Province, Kasama (Zambia) (1300 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	699570 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Rory Nefdt	2015-05-02	Ol Pajeta Conservancy, Laikipia, Laikipia (Kenya) (1800 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	240617 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica unitatis	Frank Lambert	2019-11-05	Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, Ubombo (South Africa) (120 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	517643 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Peter Boesman	2014-11-03	Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa)	call - [sono]	279960 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Andres Angulo Rubiano	2019-03-17	Yokadouma, Hotel elephant, Est (Cameroon) (550 m)	adult, male, song - Sme male as XC530160, but three minutes after. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	530162 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica unitatis	Bram Piot	2017-03-25	Jardin Botanique de Kisantu, Bas-Congo, Kongo Central (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (500 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	362145 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica	Andres Angulo Rubiano	2019-03-17	Yokadouma, Hotel elephant, Est (Cameroon) (550 m)	adult, male, song - Sme male as XC530160, some minutes later. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	530164 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica unitatis	Frank Lambert	2019-11-06	Mkhuze Game Reserve, Kwazulu-Natal, Ubombo (South Africa) (120 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	517645 xeno-canto.org
Lesser Striped Swallow - Cecropis abyssinica puella	Bram Piot	2018-05-06	Wulki Farm, Careysburg, Montserrado, Montserrado (Liberia) (30 m)	call - Two birds calling while sitting on a wire, then flying off. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	413954 xeno-canto.org

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