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Blue Swallow
Hirundo atrocaerulea Sundevall, CJ 1850
The blue swallow is a small bird within the swallow family which is in the order Passeriformes. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the martins and the swifts. It breeds in the Afromontane, wintering north of Lake Victoria. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Hirundo
Scientific:
Hirundo atrocaerulea
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Hirundo
Scientific:
Hirundo atrocaerulea
Original description
Citation:
Sundevall, CJ 1850
Reference:
Öfvers. Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akad. Förh.
7 p.107
Protonym:
Hirundo atrocaerulea
Type locality:
lower Caffraria; type from Umvoti, Natal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60167550#page/117/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
CB7FB32A81D4E09A
Avibase ID:
avibase-CB7FB32A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CB7FB32A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560461
ENDANGERED
Geographic range:
- Hirundo atrocaerulea: eastern South Africa and western Eswatini; winters northward to Kenya and southern Uganda
Source: Clements checklist
Blue Swallow
Catalan:
oreneta blava
Czech:
vlaštovka modrá
Danish:
Blåsvale
German:
Stahlschwalbe
Spanish:
Golondrina Azul
Spanish (Spain):
Golondrina Azul
Finnish:
sinihaarapääsky
French:
Hirondelle bleue
Croatian:
gorska lastavica
Hungarian:
kék fecske
Italian:
Rondine blu
Japanese (romaji):
kurohariotsubame
Japanese:
クロハリオツバメ
Lithuanian:
Juosvoji šelmeninė kregždė
Dutch:
Blauwe Zwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blåsvale
Norwegian:
Blåsvale
Polish:
jaskółka długosterna
Portuguese:
Andorinha-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-azul
Russian:
Атласная ласточка
Slovak:
lastovička modrá
Swedish:
blåsvala
Ukrainian:
Ластівка довгохвоста
Chinese:
蓝燕
Chinese (Traditional):
藍燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Hirondelle bleue ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Hirondelle bleue ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Montane Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Hirundo atrocaerulea [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Hirundo atrocaerulea [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Hirundo atrocaerulea [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Blue Swallow ( Hirundo atrocaerulea) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Hirundo atrocaerulea [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Hirundo atrocaerulea [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Blouswael
Azerbaijani: mavi qaranquş
Catalan: oreneta blava
Czech: Vlaštovka modrá
Danish: Blåsvale
German: Stahlschwalbe
English: Blue Swallow, Eastern Blue-Swallow, Montane Blue Swallow
English, HBW: Blue Swallow
English (IOC): Blue Swallow
English (Kenya): Blue Swallow
English (United States): Montane Blue Swallow
English (South Africa): Blue Swallow
Esperanto: Monta bluhirundo
Spanish: Golondrina Azul
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina Azul
Spanish (HBW): Montane Blue Swallow
Estonian: ida-sinipääsuke, sinipääsuke, sinipääsuke (ida-sinipääsuke)
Finnish: Sinihaarapääsky
French: Hirondelle bleue
Croatian: gorska lastavica
Hungarian: kék fecske
Italian: Rondine blu
Japanese (romaji): kurohariotsubame
Japanese: クロハリオツバメ
Scientific: Hirundo atrocaerulea, Hirundo atrocaerulea atrocaerulea, Hirundo atrocaerulea lynesi, Hirundo christyi
Lithuanian: Juosvoji šelmeninė kregždė
Dutch: Blauwe Zwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blåsvale
Norwegian: Blåsvale
Polish: jaskólka dlugosterna, jaskółka długosterna
Portuguese: Andorinha-azul
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinha-azul
Russian: Атласная ласточка, Голубая (настоящая) ласточка, Голубая ласточка
Slovak: Lastovička modrá
Swedish: Blåsvala
Swahili: Kizelele
Turkish: Mavi kırlangıç
Ukrainian: Ластівка довгохвоста
Chinese: 蓝燕
Chinese (Traditional): 藍燕
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