Swallows, Martins

Grey-rumped Swallow

Pseudhirundo griseopyga

The Grey-rumped Swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a 10 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Swallows, Martins

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

10 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

23

Recorded in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, eSwatini, Malawi, Angola, Uganda, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Benin, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Cameroon, Nigeria, Central African Rep., Guinea-Bissau, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea.

Where to see it: Mt. Moco Reserve IBA (Angola); Rafai, Mbomou, Central African Republic (Central African Republic); Bela Vista Wetlands (Mozambique); Epena (Republic of the Congo); Lac Tele Community Reserve (Republic of the Congo).

Photo: (c) Noeleen du Toit, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) via iNaturalist