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Passeriformes / Hirundinidae / Hirundo

Red-chested Swallow

Hirundo lucida

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (recswa1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Hirundo

Subspecies (3)

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

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (recswa1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.