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European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)

European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)
European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)

About European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Swallows

The European red-rumped swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It breeds in open hilly country of southern Europe and north Africa east to Iran, Pakistan and northwest India. During winter it migrates to Africa and southwest Asia. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the eastern red-rumped swallow, united under the common name of “red-rumped swallow”.

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