Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
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About Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Swallows
The wire-tailed swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter. The genus name Hirundo is the Latin word for swallow. The species name smithii commemorates Christen Smith, a Norwegian botanist and geologist.
Source: Wikipedia
Visits
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2003-02-24
Monkey Bay, Malawi -
2006-01-10
Kheoladeo National Park, India -
2011-01-23
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia -
2017-01-08
Queen Elizabeth II National Park, Uganda -
2025-01-27
Arusha National Park, Tanzania -
2025-01-28
Arusha National Park, Tanzania -
2025-01-29
Arusha National Park, Tanzania -
2025-01-30
Maasai Steppe, Tanzania -
2025-02-10
Pemba - Ngezi Forest, Tanzania -
2025-02-14
Stone Town, Tanzania
