Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida)
About the Red-chested Swallow
The red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the closely resembling barn swallow. However, the adult red-chested swallow differs in being slightly smaller than its migratory relative, in addition to having a narrower blue breast band and shorter tail streamers. Juveniles are more comparable to barn swallow chicks.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 3 recordings for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ghana, Senegal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.