Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae (Swallows, Martins)  
Genus: Cecropis (9 species)


Lesser Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
Range: AF: widespread
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

Lesser Striped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
Range: AF: widespread
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Greater Striped Swallow. The Lesser Striped Swallow has a red cheek/ear and a heavily striped throat.

Rufous-bellied Swallow
Rufous-bellied Swallow (Cecropis badia)
Range: OR: Malay Pen.
Fraser's Hill, Pahang, Malaysia  
 
Photograph by Daniel Koh (Singapore)   © All Rights Reserved.



Greater Striped Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow (Cecropis cucullata)
Range: AF: Angola and Namibia to Zimbabwe and s to s South Africa
Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Lesser Striped Swallow.
From below.

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica rufula)
Range: PAL, OR, AF: widespread
Monfragüe, Spain  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica rufula)
Range: PAL, OR, AF: widespread
Bulgaria  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


West African Swallow
West African Swallow (Cecropis domicella)
Range: AF: w Africa from Senegambia to e Sudan
Poli, Cameroon  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Sri Lanka Swallow (Cecropis hyperythra)
Range: OR: Sri Lanka
 



Red-breasted Swallow
Red-breasted Swallow (Cecropis semirufa semirufa)
Range: AF: widespread
Kruger National Park, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info


Mosque Swallow
Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
Range: AF: widespread
Maasai Mara, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Rainbirder (Steve Garvie)     Copyright and usage info


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Striated Swallow (Cecropis striolata)
Range: OR: widespread
 




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