Pearl-breasted swallow
Hirundo dimidiata Sundevall, 1850
The pearl-breasted swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.5 g to 12.1 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the pearl-breasted swallow
- Weight
- 11.5 g – 12.1 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
- 2.4src 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 pearl-breasted swallow live?
Not recorded
Is the pearl-breasted swallow endangered?
The pearl-breasted swallow 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. What the categories mean.
How is the pearl-breasted swallow classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyHirundinidae
- genusHirundo
- SpeciesHirundo dimidiata Sundevall, 1850
Synonyms Hirundo dimidata
Other names and names in other languages (35)
- PBSWEnglish
- PêrelborsswaelAfrikaans
- سنونو لؤلؤي الصدرArabic
- oreneta perladaCatalan
- vlaštovka perlovoprsáCzech
- gwennol berlaiddWelsh
- KapsvaleDanish
- PerlbrustschwalbeGerman
- perlobrusta hirundoEsperanto
- Golondrina perladaSpanish
- Golondrina de pecho perladoSpanish
- sarapääsukeEstonian
- پرستوی سینهمرواریدیPersian
- helmipääskyFinnish
- Hirondelle à gorge perléeFrench
- srebrnastoprsa lastavicaCroatian
- Hirundo dimidiataHungarian
- Rondine pettoperlaItalian
- オグロツバメJapanese
- baltakrūtė šelmeninė kregždėLithuanian
- ParelborstzwaluwDutch
- perlebrystsvaleNorwegian
- jaskółka przylądkowaPolish
- andorinha-de-peito-pérolaPortuguese
- Rândunică cu piept perlatRomanian
- Жемчужногорлая ласточкаRussian
- Жемчужногорлая настоящая ласточкаRussian
- Жемчужногорлая (настоящая) ласточкаRussian
- lastovička perleťováSlovak
- pärlemorbröstad svalaSwedish
- Sedef Göğüslü KırlangıçTurkish
- PeolaneTswana
- ластівка перлистоволаUkrainian
- 珠胸燕Chinese
- 藍灰胸燕Chinese
Relatives of the pearl-breasted swallow
Other species in the same genus Hirundo.
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed swallow
Hirundo smithii
Tahiti swallow
Hirundo tahitica
Ethiopian swallow
Hirundo aethiopica
Red-chested swallow
Hirundo lucida
Welcome swallow
Hirundo neoxena
ComparePearl-breasted swallow vs Barn swallowPearl-breasted swallow vs Wire-tailed swallowPearl-breasted swallow vs Tahiti swallowPearl-breasted swallow vs Ethiopian swallow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the pearl-breasted swallow?
An adult pearl-breasted swallow weighs 11.5 g – 12.1 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the pearl-breasted swallow endangered?
The pearl-breasted 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 pearl-breasted swallow?
The pearl-breasted swallow (Hirundo dimidiata) 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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