Ethiopian Swallow

When to see the Ethiopian Swallow

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Ethiopian Swallow

The map shades 20 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Israel, Burkina Faso.

About the Ethiopian Swallow

The Ethiopian swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. Although it is non-migratory, its range is wide, extending from Benin to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Angola SwallowHirundo angolensisThey measure 15 cm and weigh 16 to 19 g. Hill SwallowHirundo domicolaThis species is a small swallow at 13 cm (5.1 in). Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucidaThe red-chested swallow is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia.