Cecropis melanocrissus (African Red-rumped Swallow)

African Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis melanocrissus Rüppell, WPES 1845

Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Hirundinidae
Genus:
   Cecropis
Scientific:
  Cecropis melanocrissus

Original description

Citation:
Rüppell, WPES 1845

Reference:
Syst. Uebers. Vög. N.-O.-Afr.

Protonym:
Cecropis melanocrissus

Type locality:
Province of Barakit, and Gondar, Ethiopia.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/111053#page/31/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
91315CD465BFE1C6

Avibase ID:
avibase-91315CD4

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/91315CD4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 924936

English:
African Red-rumped Swallow
Afrikaans:
Afrikaanse Rooinekswael
Azerbaijani:
Afrika qızılı qaranquş
Bulgarian:
Африканска червенокръста лястовица
Catalan:
oreneta cua-rogenca africana
Czech:
vlaštovka africká
Danish:
Sortgumpet Svale
German:
Savannenrötelschwalbe
Greek:
Αφρικανικό Μιλτοχελίδονο
Esperanto:
subsahara hirundo
Spanish:
Golondrina Dáurica Africana
Spanish (Spain):
Golondrina dáurica africana
Estonian:
sudaani roostepääsuke
Basque:
Enara ipurgorri afrikarra
French:
Hirondelle de Rüppell
Hungarian:
Afrikai vörhenyes fecske
Japanese:
アフリカコシアカツバメ
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Roodstuitzwaluw
Norwegian:
landsbysvale
Polish:
jaskółka wyżynna
Portuguese:
andorinha-acanelada
Slovak:
lastovička čiernochvostá
Slovenian:
Afriška rdeča lastovka
Serbian:
Afrička daurska lasta
Swedish:
bysvala
Turkish:
Afrika Kızıl Kırlangıcı
Ukrainian:
Ластівка рудопоперечна африканська
Chinese:
非洲金腰燕

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Red-rumped or West African Swallow ( Cecropis [melanocrissus or domicella])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus)
Avilist 2025: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: African Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis melanocrissus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cecropis [daurica, rufula, melanocrissus or badia] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements: 1 2 3 4

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other related concepts

Cecropis [rufula or melanocrissus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Rooinekswael
Azerbaijani: Afrika qızılı qaranquş
Bulgarian: Африканска червенокръста лястовица
Catalan: oreneta cua-rogenca africana
Czech: vlaštovka africká
Danish: Sortgumpet Svale
German: Savannenrötelschwalbe
Greek: Αφρικανικό Μιλτοχελίδονο
English: African Red-rumped or West African Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow
[ENAV]: African Red-rumped Swallow
English, HBW: Red-rumped Swallow (African)
English (IOC): African Red-rumped Swallow
English (United States): African Red-rumped Swallow
Esperanto: subsahara hirundo
Spanish: Golondrina Dáurica Africana
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina dáurica africana
Estonian: sudaani roostepääsuke
Basque: Enara ipurgorri afrikarra
Faroese: Afrikonsk brandsvala
French: Hirondelle de Rüppell, Hirondelle de Rüppell ou H. ouest-africaine, Hirondelle rousseline (de Rüppell)
Galician: Anduriña subsahariana
Hungarian: Afrikai vörhenyes fecske
Japanese: アフリカコシアカツバメ
Scientific: Cecropis [melanocrissus or domicella], Cecropis melanocrissus
Dutch: Afrikaanse Roodstuitzwaluw
Norwegian: landsbysvale
Polish: jaskółka wyżynna
Portuguese: andorinha-acanelada
Slovak: lastovička čiernochvostá
Slovenian: Afriška rdeča lastovka
Serbian: Afrička daurska lasta
Swedish: bysvala
Turkish: Afrika Kızıl Kırlangıcı
Ukrainian: Ластівка рудопоперечна африканська
Chinese: 非洲金腰燕
Zulu: inkonjaneqolelibomvu yaseAfrika