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Red-chested Swallow
Hirundo lucida Hartlaub, KJG 1858
The red-chested swallow is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Hirundo
Scientific:
Hirundo lucida
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Hirundo
Scientific:
Hirundo lucida
Original description
Citation:
Hartlaub, KJG 1858
Reference:
J. f. Orn.
6 p.42
Protonym:
Hirundo lucida
Type locality:
Casamance River, Senegal.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13946681#page/522/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
F401ECCF09937442
Avibase ID:
avibase-F401ECCF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/F401ECCF
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560473
Geographic range:
- Hirundo lucida lucida: Sahel and Senegal to Ghana, Togo, and far western Nigeria
- Hirundo lucida rothschildi: central and southwestern Ethiopia
- Hirundo lucida subalaris: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (lower and upper valley of the Congo River), and northern Gabon
Source: Clements checklist
Red-chested Swallow
Catalan:
oreneta de Guinea
Czech:
vlaštovka lesklá
Danish:
Rødhalset Svale
German:
Singschwalbe
Spanish:
Golondrina de Guinea
Spanish (Spain):
Golondrina de Guinea
Finnish:
guineanhaarapääsky
French:
Hirondelle de Guinée
Croatian:
crvenoprsa lastavica
Italian:
Rondine pettorosso
Japanese (romaji):
afurikatsubame
Japanese:
アフリカツバメ
Lithuanian:
Rausvakrūtė šelmeninė kregždė
Dutch:
Roodkeelzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Guineasvale
Norwegian:
Guineasvale
Polish:
jaskółka rdzawogardła
Portuguese:
Andorinha-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinha-guineense
Russian:
Певчая ласточка
Slovak:
lastovička hrdzavohrdlá
Serbian:
Crvenogruda lasta
Swedish:
guineasvala
Ukrainian:
Ластівка червоновола
Chinese:
赤胸燕
Chinese (Traditional):
赤胸燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Hirondelle de Guinée ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Hirondelle de Guinée ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Hirundo lucida [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Hirundo lucida [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Hirundo lucida [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Red-chested Swallow ( Hirundo lucida) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Hirundo lucida [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Hirundo lucida [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
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Afrikaans: Rooikeelswael
Azerbaijani: oxuyan qaranquş
Belarusian: Пеўчая ластаўка
Bulgarian: Червеногърда лястовица
Catalan: oreneta de Guinea
Czech: Vlaštovka lesklá
Welsh: Gwennol yddfgoch
Danish: Rødhalset Svale
German: Singschwalbe
Greek: Αφρικαvικό χελιδόvι
English: African Barn Swallow, African Barn-Swallow, Gambian Barn-Swallow, Gambian Swallow, Red chested Swallow, Red-chested Swallow
English, HBW: Red-chested Swallow
English (IOC): Red-chested Swallow
English (United States): Red-chested Swallow
Esperanto: Ruĝbrusta hirundo, Ruĝbrusta kamphirundo
Spanish: Golondrina de Guinea, Golondrina de Pecho Rojo, Golondrina guineana
Spanish (Spain): Golondrina de Guinea
Spanish (HBW): Red-chested Swallow
Estonian: aafrika suitsupääsuke
Basque: Enara afrikar
Finnish: Guineanhaarapääsky
French: Hirondelle à gorge rousse, Hirondelle à poitrine rousse, Hirondelle de Guinée
Frisian: Readkielswel
Irish: Fáinleog bhroinndearg
Galician: Andoriña da Guinea
Croatian: crvenoprsa lastavica
Italian: Rondine lucente, Rondine pettorosso
Japanese (romaji): afurikatsubame
Japanese: アフリカツバメ
Scientific: Hirundo lucida, Hirundo lucida lucida
Lithuanian: Rausvakrūtė šelmeninė kregždė
Latvian: Spožā bezdelīga
Dutch: Roodkeelzwaluw
Norwegian Nynorsk: Guineasvale
Norwegian: Guineasvale
Polish: jaskólka rdzawogardla, jaskółka rdzawogardła
Portuguese: Andorinha-da-guiné
Portuguese (Portugal): Andorinha-da-guiné, andorinha-guineense
Romanian: Rândunică cu guşă rošie
Russian: Певчая (настоящая) ласточка, Певчая ласточка
Slovak: lastovička hrdzavohrdlá
Slovenian: Rdečeprsa lastovka
Serbian: Crvenogruda lasta
Swedish: Guineasvala
Turkish: Kızıl gerdanlı kırlangıç, Kızıl göğüslü kırlangıç
Ukrainian: Ластівка червоновола
Chinese: 赤胸燕
Chinese (Traditional): 赤胸燕
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