Grey-rumped Swallow

When to see the Grey-rumped Swallow

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

Where to see the Grey-rumped Swallow

The map shades 24 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Equatorial Guinea, Burkina Faso, Burundi.

About the Grey-rumped Swallow

The grey-rumped swallow is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo.

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Easily confused with

Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopicaThe Ethiopian swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. Sri Lanka SwallowCecropis hyperythraIt is a large swallow with a tail which forks deeply, and the combination of deep rufous underside and navy blue rump without any marks is a unique feature of this species. Tawny-headed SwallowAlopochelidon fucataThis swallow is relatively small, usually measuring 12 cm (4.7 in) and weighing 13–15 g (0.46–0.53 oz).