Greater striped swallow | |
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Perched in Camdeboo National Park, and calls from a gulp prior to migration from Pretoria | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Hirundinidae |
Genus: | Cecropis |
Species: | C. cucullata
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Binomial name | |
Cecropis cucullata (Boddaert, 1783)
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range
whole year resident (very locally) breeding summer visitor overwintering visitor
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Synonyms | |
Hirundo cucullata |
The greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata) is a large swallow that is native to Africa south of the equator.