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Ian Fulton | profile | all galleries >> African Galleries >> Gabon 2010 >> Birds of Gabon - Individual Species galleries >> Lesser Striped Swallow tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

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Lesser Striped Swallow

(hirundo abyssinica)
The Lesser Striped Swallow is a common and widespread swallow mostly found in open wooded habitats. As might be expected with a large geographic spread there are several sub-species. The birds photographed here are assumed to be of the unitatis ssp.
Lesser-striped Swallow, Libreville, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Libreville, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Makokou, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Makokou, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Makokou, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Makokou, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Makokou, Gabon
Lesser-striped Swallow, Makokou, Gabon