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Fanti saw-wing

Psalidoprocne obscura (Hartlaub, 1855)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 9.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura)
Photo: Steve Garvie · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the fanti saw-wing

Weight
9.4 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 fanti saw-wing live?

Not recorded

What is the fanti saw-wing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura), also known as the Fanti rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. The Fanti saw-wing is often described as the most beautiful of the swallows, owing to its uniformly shimmering green plumage.

From the Wikipedia article “Fanti saw-wing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fanti_saw-wing&oldid=1379847482), 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 fanti saw-wing endangered?

The fanti saw-wing 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 fanti saw-wing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusPsalidoprocne
  7. SpeciesPsalidoprocne obscura (Hartlaub, 1855)

Synonyms Hirundo obscura

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Fanti rough-winged swallowEnglish
  • Fanti SawwingEnglish
  • Fanti SawwingEnglish
  • FASAEnglish
  • منشاري الجناح فانتيArabic
  • oreneta fantiCatalan
  • vlaštovka temnáCzech
  • gwennol lifadeiniog werddWelsh
  • FantiskovsvaleDanish
  • ScherenschwanzschwalbeGerman
  • Scherenschwanz-SchwalbeGerman
  • malhela hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina fantiSpanish
  • läik-nõgipääsukeEstonian
  • savanninokipääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle fantiFrench
  • Hirondelle hérissée de FantiFrench
  • šumska lastavicaCroatian
  • ollósfarkú fecskeHungarian
  • Rondine serrata di FantiItalian
  • ミドリクロツバメJapanese
  • skeltauodegė afrikinė kregždėLithuanian
  • FanteekamzwaluwDutch
  • vestsagsvaleNorwegian
  • żałobniczka widłosternaPolish
  • andorinha-riçaPortuguese
  • andorinha-fantePortuguese
  • Гвинейская ласточкаRussian
  • Ножницехвостая африканская ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička zelenáSlovak
  • fantisvalaSwedish
  • Fanti KırlangıcıTurkish
  • жалібничка вилохвостаUkrainian
  • 叉尾凹翅燕Chinese
  • 叉尾锯翅燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the fanti saw-wing

Other species in the same genus Psalidoprocne.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the fanti saw-wing?

An adult fanti saw-wing weighs 9.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the fanti saw-wing endangered?

The fanti 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 fanti saw-wing?

The fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura) 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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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/fanti-saw-wing

MLA

“Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/fanti-saw-wing.

BibTeX
@misc{fanti_saw_wing_2026,
  title = {Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/fanti-saw-wing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}