Forest Swallow

When to see the Forest Swallow

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Forest Swallow

The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 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 Congo - Brazzaville.

About the Forest Swallow

The forest swallow is a little-known species of swallow in the family Hirundinidae, found in Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria.

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Easily confused with

African River MartinPseudochelidon eurystominaThe adult African river martin is a large swallow, 14 cm (5.5 in) long. Congo MartinRiparia congicaThe 11 cm long Congo martin is light brown above with a slightly darker crown and wings. Sinaloa MartinProgne sinaloaeThe Sinaloa martin is 17 to 18.5 cm (6.7 to 7.3 in) long; three individuals weighed between 42 and 43.7 g (1.5 and 1.5 oz).