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Mosque swallow

Cecropis senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

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The mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 43.7 g to 46 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
Photo: danielskatz · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the mosque swallow

Weight
43.7 g – 46 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
3.5src 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 mosque swallow live?

Not recorded

What is the mosque swallow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) is a large species of swallow. It is a resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa, although most common in the west. It does not migrate but follows the rains to some extent.

From the Wikipedia article “Mosque swallow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mosque_swallow&oldid=1315073448), 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 mosque swallow endangered?

The mosque 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 mosque swallow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusCecropis
  7. SpeciesCecropis senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Cercropis senegalensis, Hirundo senegalensis

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • MOSWEnglish
  • MoskeeswaelAfrikaans
  • سنونو المسجدArabic
  • oreneta del SenegalCatalan
  • vlaštovka velkáCzech
  • Gwennol dingoch fawrWelsh
  • SavannesvaleDanish
  • SenegalschwalbeGerman
  • SenegalrötelschwalbeGerman
  • moskea hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina senegalesaSpanish
  • puis-roostepääsukeEstonian
  • پرستوی مسجدPersian
  • isoruostepääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle des mosquéesFrench
  • Fáinleog na moscannaIrish
  • velika lastavicaCroatian
  • Rondine delle moscheeItalian
  • アフリカコシアカツバメJapanese
  • afrikinė šelmeninė kregždėLithuanian
  • MoskeezwaluwDutch
  • halsbåndsvaleNorwegian
  • jaskółka moskitowaPolish
  • andorinha-senegalesaPortuguese
  • andorinha-das-mesquitasPortuguese
  • Rândunică senegalezăRomanian
  • Гигантская ласточкаRussian
  • Сенегальская ласточкаRussian
  • Гигантская настоящая ласточкаRussian
  • Гигантская (настоящая) ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička mešitováSlovak
  • Senegalska lastaSerbian
  • moskésvalaSwedish
  • Senegal KırlangıcıTurkish
  • ластівка сенегальськаUkrainian
  • 塞內加爾燕Chinese
  • 塞内加尔燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the mosque swallow

Other species in the same genus Cecropis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mosque swallow?

An adult mosque swallow weighs 43.7 g – 46 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mosque swallow endangered?

The mosque 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 mosque swallow?

The mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mosque-swallow

MLA

“Mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mosque-swallow.

BibTeX
@misc{mosque_swallow_2026,
  title = {Mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mosque-swallow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}