White-headed Saw-wing

When to see the White-headed Saw-wing

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

Where to see the White-headed Saw-wing

The map shades 8 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 Ethiopia.

About the White-headed Saw-wing

The white-headed saw-wing, also known as the white-headed rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

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Easily confused with

Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscuraThis is a small swallow at 17 cm. Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitensIt is dark green, almost black. Mountain Saw-wingPsalidoprocne fuliginosaThe mountain saw-wing, also known as the mountain rough-winged swallow or the Cameroon Mountain rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.