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
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 ID:
9185D29DF441336D
Avibase ID:
avibase-9185D29D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9185D29D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 916674
Geographic range:
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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