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Mosque Swallow
Cecropis senegalensis (Linnaeus, C 1766)
The mosque swallow is a large swallow. It is a resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa, although most common in the west. It does not migrate but follows the rains to some extent. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Cecropis
Scientific:
Cecropis senegalensis
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Cecropis
Scientific:
Cecropis senegalensis
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Hirundo senegalensis
Type locality:
Senegal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137337#page/349/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
9185D29DF441336D
Avibase ID:
avibase-9185D29D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9185D29D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916674
Geographic range:
- Cecropis senegalensis senegalensis: southwestern Mauritania and Senegambia to southern Chad and southern Sudan
- Cecropis senegalensis saturatior: southern Ghana eastward to South Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Kenya, southward to Congo and northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cecropis senegalensis monteiri: Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique
Source: Clements checklist
Mosque Swallow
Catalan:
oreneta del Senegal
Czech:
vlaštovka velká
Danish:
Savannesvale
German:
Senegalrötelschwalbe
Spanish:
Golondrina Senegalesa
Spanish (Spain):
Golondrina Senegalesa
Finnish:
isoruostepääsky
French:
Hirondelle des mosquées
Croatian:
velika lastavica
Italian:
Rondine delle moschee
Japanese (romaji):
afurikakoshiakatsubame
Japanese:
アフリカコシアカツバメ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinė šelmeninė kregždė
Dutch:
Moskeezwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Halsbandsvale
Norwegian:
Halsbåndsvale
Polish:
jaskółka moskitowa
Portuguese:
andorinha-das-mesquitas
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-senegalesa
Russian:
Сенегальская ласточка
Slovak:
lastovička mešitová
Serbian:
Senegalska lasta
Swedish:
moskésvala
Ukrainian:
Ластівка сенегальська
Chinese:
塞内加尔燕
Chinese (Traditional):
塞內加爾燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Hirondelle des mosquées ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Hirondelle des mosquées ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: African Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: African Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Mosque Swallow ( Cecropis senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Cecropis senegalensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Cecropis senegalensis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Cecropis senegalensis [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Mosque Swallow ( Hirundo senegalensis) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Hirundo senegalensis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cecropis senegalensis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Afrikaans: Moskeeswael
Azerbaijani: nəhəng qaranquş
Catalan: oreneta del Senegal
Czech: Vlaštovka velká
Welsh: Gwennol dingoch fawr
Danish: Savannesvale
German: Senegalrötelschwalbe, Senegalschwalbe
English: African Mosque Swallow, Mosque Swallow
English, HBW: Mosque Swallow
English (IOC): Mosque Swallow
English (Kenya): Mosque Swallow
English (United States): Mosque Swallow
Esperanto: Senegala hirundo
Spanish: Golondrina Senegalesa
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina Senegalesa
Spanish (HBW): Mosque Swallow
Estonian: puis-roostepääsuke
Finnish: Isoruostepääsky
French: Grande Hirondelle à ventre roux, Hirondelle des mosquées
Frisian: Moskeeswel
Irish: Fáinleog na moscanna
Galician: Andoriña do Senegal
Croatian: velika lastavica
Italian: Rondine del senegal, Rondine delle moschee
Japanese (romaji): afurikakoshiakatsubame
Japanese: アフリカコシアカツバメ
Kwangali: Sisampamema
Scientific: Cecropis senegalensis, Cecropis senegalensis senegalensis, Cercropis senegalensis, Hirundo senegalensis
Lithuanian: Afrikinė šelmeninė kregždė
Latvian: Mošejas bezdelīga
Dutch: Moskeezwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Halsbandsvale
Norwegian: Halsbåndsvale
Polish: jaskólka moskitowa, jaskółka moskitowa
Portuguese: Andorinha de senegal, Andorinha-das-mesquitas, Andorinha-de-senegal
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinha-do-senegal, andorinha-senegalesa
Russian: Гигантская (настоящая) ласточка, Сенегальская ласточка
Slovak: Lastovička mešitová
Serbian: Senegalska lasta
Swedish: Moskésvala
Swahili: Mbayuwayu Mkubwa
Turkish: Senegal kırlangıcı
Tsonga: Nyengha
Ukrainian: Ластівка сенегальська
Chinese: 塞内加尔燕
Chinese (Traditional): 塞內加爾燕
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