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Red-breasted Swallow

Cecropis semirufa (Sundevall, CJ 1850)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Peter Boesman 2016-11-21 Mahango Game reserve, Okavango (Namibia) song - [sono] 346662
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Hans Matheve 2024-08-19 Chobe River, Muchenje, Chobe (Botswana) (950 m) call - [sono] 962193
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-chested Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Peter G. Kaestner 1978-02-25 0.5 km N of LOLWA, Orientale, DR Congo, Orientale (Democratic Republic of the Congo)   -   1469
macaulaylibrary.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Peter Boesman 2016-09-17 North of Kawambwa, Luapula province, Luapula (Zambia) song and call - [sono] 339013
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Peter Boesman 2016-11-21 Mahango Game reserve, Okavango (Namibia) song - [sono] 346663
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Marc Anderson 2023-08-31 Manyeleti Game Reserve, Mhala (South Africa) (360 m) call, song - [sono] 880505
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-chested Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Niall D Perrins 2017-11-04 , Mpumalanga (South Africa)   -   612622818
macaulaylibrary.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Paul Lenrumé 2024-08-10 Green village - Libreville, Komo-Mondah (Gabon) (0 m) song - [sono] 927171
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Dries Van de Loock 2025-02-16 Chartonel Dam, Ngwerere, Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Kafue (Zambia) (1100 m) song - [sono] 978977
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Dries Van de Loock 2023-11-05 Mwekera Forestry College, Kitwe, Copperbelt, Ndola (Zambia) (1200 m) song -

from wire

 854405
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Dawie de Swardt 2021-03-26 Grassland near Schoongezicht, Jagersfontein rd, Bloemfontein, Free State, Bloemfontein (South Africa) (1300 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 632073
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Meena Haribal 2019-10-27 Xaxaba, Ngamiland East, North-West District, North-West (incl. Chobe) (Botswana) (950 m) song -

and some other birds

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 613442
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa gordoni Lars Lachmann 2018-02-02 Erunwon (near Ijebu Ode), Ijebu ode, Ogun State, Ogun (Nigeria) (110 m) call, female, flight call, male -

calls of a pair given in flight near their nest

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 402109
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-chested Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Peter G. Kaestner 1978-02-25 0.5 km N of LOLWA, Orientale, DR Congo, Orientale (Democratic Republic of the Congo)   -   1468
macaulaylibrary.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Tony Archer 2021-12-28 City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1400 m) adult, call, female, male -

Calling from thorn trees along gravel road. Very windy and cars passing.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 694500
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Marc Anderson 2023-08-30 Manyeleti Game Reserve, Mhala (South Africa) (360 m) call - [sono] 880513
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa gordoni Bram Piot 2019-02-03 Plaine du Sô, Abomey-Calavi, Atlantique (Benin) (0 m) call -

A few calls by one of a pair near breeding site

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 454662
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Lynette Rudman 2015-12-12 Warmbad, Bosveld, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa) (1000 m) song -

Birds calling from a fence near the side of the road on a hot summer's afternoon.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 299083
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Marc Anderson 2023-08-30 Manyeleti Game Reserve, Mhala (South Africa) (360 m) call - [sono] 880539
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Meena Haribal 2019-10-27 Xaxaba, Ngamiland East, North-West District, North-West (incl. Chobe) (Botswana) (950 m) song -

and some other birds

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 613443
xeno-canto.org
Rufous-chested Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Peter G. Kaestner 1978-02-25 0.5 km N of LOLWA, Orientale, DR Congo, Orientale (Democratic Republic of the Congo)   -   1467
macaulaylibrary.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Meena Haribal 2019-10-27 Xaxaba, Ngamiland East, North-West District, North-West (incl. Chobe) (Botswana) (950 m) song -

and some other birds

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

 613441
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa gordoni James Bradley 2017-11-26 Ruma National Park, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1200 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 396966
xeno-canto.org
Red-breasted Swallow - Cecropis semirufa Tony Archer 2021-12-13 JB Marks Local Municipality (near Buffelsvallei), Southern DC, North West, Potchefstroom (South Africa) (1500 m) adult, call, female, male -

Two birds perched on fence near road culvert. One (female) was fetching mud all the time while the other was calling. Has been a lot of rain in the area so there is plenty of water and mud.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 691371
xeno-canto.org
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