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Red-Rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica - Roodstuitzwaluw
South-Europe to Asia and Africa. Winters to Africa, South-Asia and North-Australia.
The following 8 subspecies are being recognized:
Cecropis daurica daurica - Northeast-Kazakhstan and Mongolia to Southcentral-China. Winters to South- and Southeast-Asia;
Cecropis daurica japonica - Southeast-Siberia, Korea and Japan to South-China. Winters to North-Australia;
Cecropis daurica nipalensis - Himalayas to North-Myanmar. Winters to India;
Cecropis daurica erythropygia - Central-India. Winters to Sri Lanka;
Cecropis daurica rufula - South-Europe, North-Africa east to Iran and Northwest-India. Winters to Africa and Southwest-Asia;
Cecropis daurica melanocrissus - Ethiopia and Eritrea;
Cecropis daurica kumboensis - Sierra Leone and West-Cameroon;
Cecropis daurica emini - Southeast-Sudan, Uganda, Kenya to Malawi and North-Zambia.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.
Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica rufula |
Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica rufula |
Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica rufula |
Red-Rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica rufula |