African Red-rumped Swallow vs Black-collared Swallow

Cecropis melanocrissus مقارنةً بـ Pygochelidon melanoleuca

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة African Red-rumped Swallow Black-collared Swallow
الاسم العلمي Cecropis melanocrissus Pygochelidon melanoleuca
الرتبة Passeriformes Passeriformes
الفصيلة Hirundinidae Hirundinidae
حالة الحفاظ Not Evaluated Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 18,3 cm (7.2 in)
الوزن 26,25 g (0.93 oz) 11,025 g (0.39 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

بلا

African Red-rumped Swallow only

Black-collared Swallow only

بلا

حالة الحفاظ

Not Evaluated

African Red-rumped Swallow

Least Concern

Black-collared Swallow

About These Birds

African Red-rumped Swallow

The African Red-rumped Swallow is a swallow of the Hirundinidae family, weighing around 26 g. It is identified by its distinctive rufous rump and undertail, and inhabits open country and rocky areas across Africa where it catches insects on the wing.

Black-collared Swallow

The Black-collared Swallow is a distinctive South American swallow with glossy blue-black upperparts, white underparts, and a broad black collar across the upper breast. It inhabits rocky rivers and fast-flowing streams in lowland tropical forests and adjacent areas from Colombia and Venezuela south through Amazonian Brazil, often nesting in crevices of riverside rocks. It feeds on flying insects caught over water.

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