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Mountain saw-wing

Psalidoprocne fuliginosa Shelley, 1887

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 12.2 g to 12.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the mountain saw-wing

Weight
12.2 g – 12.6 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 mountain saw-wing live?

Not recorded

What is the mountain saw-wing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa), also known as the mountain rough-winged swallow or the Cameroon Mountain rough-winged swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.

It is native to the Mount Cameroon and Bioko montane forests. While it has been reported elsewhere in Central Africa (namely, the Cameroon line of Cameroon and Nigeria), it has never been confirmed.

From the Wikipedia article “Mountain saw-wing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mountain_saw-wing&oldid=1380713998), 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 mountain saw-wing endangered?

The mountain 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.

How is the mountain saw-wing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusPsalidoprocne
  7. SpeciesPsalidoprocne fuliginosa Shelley, 1887

Synonyms Psalidoprocne fuliginosa fuliginosa, Psalidoprocne fuliginosa poensis, Psalidoprocne poensis

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • Cameroon mountain saw-wingEnglish
  • Cameroon mountain saw-wingEnglish
  • MOSAEnglish
  • Mountain SawwingEnglish
  • Mountain SawwingEnglish
  • منشاري الجناح الجبليArabic
  • oreneta brunaCatalan
  • vlaštovka kamerunskáCzech
  • gwennol lifadeiniog y mynyddWelsh
  • CamerounskovsvaleDanish
  • Cameroon SkovsvaleDanish
  • KamerunschwalbeGerman
  • Kamerun-SchwalbeGerman
  • monta hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina camerunesaSpanish
  • Golondrina CemerunesaSpanish
  • kameruni nõgipääsukeEstonian
  • vuorinokipääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle bruneFrench
  • Hirondelle hérisée bruneFrench
  • kamerunska lastavicaCroatian
  • Rondine serrata montanaItalian
  • ミヤマクロツバメJapanese
  • kamerūninė afrikinė kregždėLithuanian
  • KameroenkamzwaluwDutch
  • kamerunsagsvaleNorwegian
  • żałobniczka górskaPolish
  • andorinha-camaronesaPortuguese
  • andorinha-dos-camarõesPortuguese
  • Бурая ласточкаRussian
  • Камерунская африканская ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička horskáSlovak
  • Planinska lasta testerastog krilaSerbian
  • bergsvalaSwedish
  • Kamerun Dağ KırlangıcıTurkish
  • жалібничка камерунськаUkrainian
  • 山凹翅燕Chinese
  • 山地锯翅燕Chinese

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Relatives of the mountain saw-wing

Other species in the same genus Psalidoprocne.

LC, Least Concern

Fanti saw-wing

Psalidoprocne obscura

HirundinidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the mountain saw-wing?

An adult mountain saw-wing weighs 12.2 g – 12.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the mountain saw-wing endangered?

The mountain 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 mountain saw-wing?

The mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-saw-wing

MLA

“Mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-saw-wing.

BibTeX
@misc{mountain_saw_wing_2026,
  title = {Mountain saw-wing (Psalidoprocne fuliginosa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mountain-saw-wing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}