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Ethiopian swallow

Hirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 13 g to 15.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica)
Photo: opisska · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the ethiopian swallow

Weight
13 g – 15.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ethiopian swallow live?

Not recorded

What is the ethiopian swallow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. Although it is non-migratory, its range is wide, extending from Benin to Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda.

It is often confused with the wire-tailed swallow.

From the Wikipedia article “Ethiopian swallow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ethiopian_swallow&oldid=1360656151), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the ethiopian swallow endangered?

The ethiopian swallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the ethiopian swallow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusHirundo
  7. SpeciesHirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869
Other names and names in other languages (52)
  • Ethopian swallowEnglish
  • ETSWEnglish
  • سنونو حبشيArabic
  • السنونو الاثيوبىArabic
  • سنونو إثيوبيArabic
  • Етиопска лястовицаBulgarian
  • oreneta d'EtiòpiaCatalan
  • vlaštovka středoafrickáCzech
  • gwennol EthiopiaWelsh
  • EtiopersvaleDanish
  • Etioper-svaleDanish
  • FahlkehlschwalbeGerman
  • Αιθιοπικό ΧελιδόνιGreek
  • etiopia hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina etiópicaSpanish
  • sudaani suitsupääsukeEstonian
  • پرستوی اتیوپیPersian
  • etiopianhaarapääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle d'EthiopieFrench
  • Hirondelle d'ÉthiopieFrench
  • Hirondelle d’ÉthiopieFrench
  • Fáinleog AetópachIrish
  • סנונית אתיופיתHebrew
  • bjelogrla lastavicaCroatian
  • nílusi fecskeHungarian
  • BliksvalaIcelandic
  • Rondine etiopicaItalian
  • Rondine d'EtiopiaItalian
  • エチオピアノドジロツバメJapanese
  • etiopinė šelmeninė kregždėLithuanian
  • Etiopijas bezdelīgaLatvian
  • Ethiopische zwaluwDutch
  • savannesvaleNorwegian
  • jaskółka rudoczelnaPolish
  • andorinha-etíopePortuguese
  • Andorinha-da-etiópiaPortuguese
  • Rândunică de savanăRomanian
  • Эфиопская ласточкаRussian
  • Эфиопская настоящая ласточкаRussian
  • Эфиопская (настоящая) ласточкаRussian
  • SavánnaspálfuNorthern Sami
  • lastovička červenočeláSlovak
  • etiopska lastovkaSlovenian
  • Етиопска ластаSerbian
  • Etiopska lastaSerbian
  • etiopiensvalaSwedish
  • etiopisk svalaSwedish
  • எத்தியோப்பிய தகைவிலான் குருவிTamil
  • Etiyopya KırlangıcıTurkish
  • ластівка ефіопськаUkrainian
  • 紅額燕Chinese
  • 红额燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the ethiopian swallow

Other species in the same genus Hirundo.

CompareEthiopian swallow vs Barn swallowEthiopian swallow vs Wire-tailed swallowEthiopian swallow vs Tahiti swallowEthiopian swallow vs Red-chested swallow

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the ethiopian swallow?

An adult ethiopian swallow weighs 13 g – 15.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the ethiopian swallow endangered?

The ethiopian swallow 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 ethiopian swallow?

The ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{ethiopian_swallow_2026,
  title = {Ethiopian swallow (Hirundo aethiopica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ethiopian-swallow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}