African swallow may refer to:
- Genus Cecropis, mud-nest building swallows:
- Lesser striped swallow, Cecropis abyssinica
- Greater striped swallow, Cecropis cucullata
- Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica (range extends beyond Africa)
- West African swallow, Cecropis domicella
- Red-breasted swallow, Cecropis semirufa
- Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis
- Genus Hirundo open-cup nesting swallows:
- Ethiopian swallow, Hirundo aethiopica
- White-throated swallow, Hirundo albigularis
- Angola swallow, Hirundo angolensis
- Blue swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea
- Pearl-breasted swallow, Hirundo dimidiata
- Pied-winged swallow, Hirundo leucosoma
- Red-chested swallow, Hirundo lucida
- White-tailed swallow, Hirundo megaensis
- white-bibbed swallow, Hirundo nigrita
- Black-and-rufous swallow, Hirundo nigrorufa
- Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica (range extends beyond Africa, this is also the European swallow)
- Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii smithii
- Genus Petrochelidon, cliff nesting swallows:
- Forest swallow, Petrochelidon fuliginosa
- Preuss's cliff swallow, Petrochelidon preussi
- Red-throated cliff swallow, Petrochelidon rufigula
- South African cliff swallow, Petrochelidon spilodera
- Genus Pseudhirundo:
- Grey-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo griseopyga
See also edit
- Swallow
- African swallowtail (Papilio dardanus)
- African Swallow-tailed Kite
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