Swallows, Martins

Red-chested Swallow

Hirundo lucida

The Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida) is a 13 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Swallows, Martins

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

13 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ethiopia, Benin, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Gabon, Mauritania, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Togo, Eq. Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Central African Rep..

Where to see it: Parque de N´Batonha (Lagoa do PNUD) (Guinea-Bissau); Anôr, Parque Nacional das Ilhas de Orango (Guinea-Bissau); Conakry · Port (Guinea); Sanbrado (Burkina Faso); Marais littoraux de Makinsi (Guinea).

Photo: (c) Charlotte Kirchner, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist