Black saw-wing
Psalidoprocne pristoptera (Rüppell, 1840)
The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 10.3 g to 11.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the black saw-wing
- Weight
- 10.3 g – 11.5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Partialsrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the black saw-wing live?
Not recorded
What is the black saw-wing?
The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), also known as the blue saw-wing or black rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Is the black saw-wing endangered?
The black saw-wing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.
How is the black saw-wing classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyHirundinidae
- genusPsalidoprocne
- SpeciesPsalidoprocne pristoptera (Rüppell, 1840)
Synonyms Hirundo pristoptera, Pristoptera typica
Other names and names in other languages (36)
- Black rough-winged swallow or black saw-wingEnglish
- Black rough-winged swallow or black saw-wingEnglish
- Black SawwingEnglish
- BLSAEnglish
- Blue saw-wingEnglish
- Blue saw-wingEnglish
- SwartsaagvlerkswaelAfrikaans
- منشاري الجناح الأسودArabic
- oreneta negraCatalan
- vlaštovka modročernáCzech
- gwennol lifadeiniog dduWelsh
- Blå SkovsvaleDanish
- ErzschwalbeGerman
- nigra hirundoEsperanto
- Golondrina negraSpanish
- pugaltiib-nõgipääsukeEstonian
- sininokipääskyFinnish
- Hirondelle hérisséeFrench
- Hirondelle hérissée bleueFrench
- crna lastavicaCroatian
- Rondine serrata neraItalian
- ムネジロクロツバメJapanese
- juodoji afrikinė kregždėLithuanian
- Blauw-zwarte KamzwaluwDutch
- svartsagsvaleNorwegian
- żałobniczka sawannowaPolish
- andorinha-pretaPortuguese
- Чёрная ласточкаRussian
- Тёмная африканская ласточкаRussian
- lastovička čiernaSlovak
- Crna lasta testerastog krilaSerbian
- svartsvalaSwedish
- Kara KırlangıçTurkish
- жалібничка білоплечаUkrainian
- 蓝锯翅燕Chinese
- 藍凹翅燕Chinese
Relatives of the black saw-wing
Other species in the same genus Psalidoprocne.
Fanti saw-wing
Psalidoprocne obscura
White-headed saw-wing
Psalidoprocne albiceps
Mountain saw-wing
Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
Square-tailed saw-wing
Psalidoprocne nitens
CompareBlack saw-wing vs Fanti saw-wingBlack saw-wing vs White-headed saw-wingBlack saw-wing vs Mountain saw-wingBlack saw-wing vs Square-tailed saw-wing
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black saw-wing?
An adult black saw-wing weighs 10.3 g – 11.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the black saw-wing endangered?
The black saw-wing is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the black saw-wing?
The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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