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The Wire-tailed Swallow (*Hirundo smithii*) is a species of bird belonging to the family Hirundinidae within the order Passeriformes. It is classified under the class Aves and phylum Chordata. The species was described by Leach in 1818 and is also referred to by the common names Rotkappenschwalbe, Golondrina Colilarga, and oreneta cuallarga.
Its natural range is Africa. The Wire-tailed Swallow has an IUCN conservation status of Least Concern, as assessed in 2024. Physical characteristics include a wingspan of 0.282, a mass of 12.7, and an egg incubation period of 14. The average litter size is 3.2.
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Species
Least Concernwire-tailed swallow
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyHirundinidae
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Hirundo smithii
- taxon name
- Hirundo smithii
- Commons gallery
- Hirundo smithii
- wingspan
- 0.282
- litter size
- 3.2
- egg incubation period
- 14
- taxon common name
- andorinha-cauda-de-arame
- short name
- H. smithii
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter. The genus name Hirundo is the Latin word for swallow. The species name smithii commemorates Christen Smith, a Norwegian botanist and geologist.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wire-tailed Swallow” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.