Species profile
White-throated Swallow
Hirundo albigularis
Quick answer
Angola to se Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and South Africa
- Scientific name
- Hirundo albigularis
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Hirundo
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording White-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)