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
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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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Danish: Sortgumpet Svale
English: African Red-rumped or West African Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow
Esperanto: subsahara hirundo
French: Hirondelle de Rüppell, Hirondelle de Rüppell ou H. ouest-africaine, Hirondelle rousseline (de Rüppell)
Scientific: Cecropis [melanocrissus or domicella], Cecropis melanocrissus
Dutch: Afrikaanse Roodstuitzwaluw
Norwegian: landsbysvale
Polish: jaskółka wyżynna
Portuguese: andorinha-acanelada
Slovak: lastovička čiernochvostá
Swedish: bysvala
Chinese: 非洲金腰燕
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