Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (34)
- Subspecies (2)
Angela Turner
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2004
Text last updated January 1, 2004
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Arabic | سنونو حبشي |
Bulgarian | Етиопска лястовица |
Catalan | oreneta d'Etiòpia |
Croatian | bjelogrla lastavica |
Czech | vlaštovka středoafrická |
Danish | Etiopersvale |
Dutch | Ethiopische zwaluw |
English | Ethiopian Swallow |
English (United States) | Ethiopian Swallow |
Estonian | sudaani suitsupääsuke |
Finnish | etiopianhaarapääsky |
French | Hirondelle d'Éthiopie |
French (Canada) | Hirondelle d'Éthiopie |
German | Fahlkehlschwalbe |
Greek | Αιθιοπικό Χελιδόνι |
Hebrew | סנונית אתיופית |
Hungarian | Nílusi fecske |
Icelandic | Bliksvala |
Japanese | エチオピアノドジロツバメ |
Latvian | Etiopijas bezdelīga |
Lithuanian | Etiopinė šelmeninė kregždė |
Norwegian | savannesvale |
Polish | jaskółka rudoczelna |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Andorinha-da-etiópia |
Romanian | Rândunică de savană |
Russian | Эфиопская ласточка |
Serbian | Etiopska seoska lasta |
Slovak | lastovička červenočelá |
Slovenian | Etiopska lastovka |
Spanish | Golondrina Etiópica |
Spanish (Spain) | Golondrina etiópica |
Swedish | etiopisk svala |
Turkish | Etiyopya Kırlangıcı |
Ukrainian | Ластівка ефіопська |
Hirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869
PROTONYM:
Hirundo aethiopica
Blanford, 1869. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology (4), 4, p.329.
TYPE LOCALITY:
northern Ethiopia; type from Barakit, Tigre.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HIRUNDO
- hirundo
- aethiopica / aethiopicus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Ethiopian Swallow