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The pearl-breasted swallow is 13–14 cm long. It has glossy blue upperparts and grey-white underparts. The upper wings, underwing flight feathers and forked tail are blackish-blue. The underwing coverts are a darker shade of grey-white. The lack of white in the tail is a distinction from similar Hirundo species. The outer feathers are slightly longer in the male than the female. Juveniles are duller and browner than the adult, with shorter outer tail feathers. The northern subspecies, H. d. marwitzi is darker and smaller than nominate H. d.
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When to see the Pearl-breasted Swallow
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pearl-breasted Swallow
The map shades 9 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 - Kinshasa.
About the Pearl-breasted Swallow
The pearl-breasted swallow is a small swallow.
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Easily confused with
Tahiti SwallowHirundo tahiticaThis species is a small swallow at 13 cm (5.1 in) in length.
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopicaThe Ethiopian swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.
Angola SwallowHirundo angolensisThey measure 15 cm and weigh 16 to 19 g.
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