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Greater striped swallow

Greater striped swallow
Perched in Camdeboo National Park, and calls from a gulp prior to migration from Pretoria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Cecropis
Species:
C. cucullata
Binomial name
Cecropis cucullata
(Boddaert, 1783)
range
  whole year resident (very locally)
  breeding summer visitor
  overwintering visitor
Synonyms

Hirundo cucullata

The greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata) is a large swallow that is native to Africa south of the equator.


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