Species profile
Red-throated Swallow
Petrochelidon rufigula
Quick answer
Gabon and s-c Democratic Republic of the Congo to Angola and nw Zambia
- Scientific name
- Petrochelidon rufigula
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Petrochelidon
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Red-throated Swallow in your journal
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Related species in Hirundinidae
- African Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- African River Martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina)
- Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis)
- Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
- Asian Plain Martin (Riparia chinensis)
- Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis)
- Banded Martin (Riparia cincta)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)