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Square-tailed saw-wing

Psalidoprocne nitens (Cassin, 1857)

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The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 9.6 g to 10 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens)
Photo: Richard Bowdler Sharpe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the square-tailed saw-wing

Weight
9.6 g – 10 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 square-tailed saw-wing live?

Not recorded

What is the square-tailed saw-wing?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens), also known as the square-tailed rough-winged swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.

It is native to the African tropical rainforest.

From the Wikipedia article “Square-tailed saw-wing” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Square-tailed_saw-wing&oldid=1383153426), 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 square-tailed saw-wing endangered?

The square-tailed 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 square-tailed saw-wing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusPsalidoprocne
  7. SpeciesPsalidoprocne nitens (Cassin, 1857)

Synonyms Atticora nitens

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Square-tailed SawwingEnglish
  • Square-tailed SawwingEnglish
  • STSAEnglish
  • منشاري الجناح مربع الذيلArabic
  • oreneta cuaquadradaCatalan
  • vlaštovka západoafrickáCzech
  • gwennol lifadeiniog gynffonsgwarWelsh
  • Rethalet SkovsvaleDanish
  • GrünglanzschwalbeGerman
  • GlanzschwalbeGerman
  • kvadratvosta hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina colicuadradaSpanish
  • kantsaba-nõgipääsukeEstonian
  • pikkunokipääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle à queue courteFrench
  • Hirondelle hérissée à queue courteFrench
  • kratkorepa lastavicaCroatian
  • Rondine serrata codaquadraItalian
  • カクビクロツバメJapanese
  • kampuotuodegė afrikinė kregždėLithuanian
  • korthalesagsvaleNorwegian Bokmål
  • JunglekamzwaluwDutch
  • kortstjertsagsvaleNorwegian
  • żałobniczka równosternaPolish
  • andorinha-rabicurtaPortuguese
  • andorinha-de-cauda-curtaPortuguese
  • andorinha-de-cauda-quadradaPortuguese
  • Блестящая ласточкаRussian
  • Блестящая африканская ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička tupochvostáSlovak
  • tvärstjärtad svalaSwedish
  • Küt Kuyruklu KırlangıçTurkish
  • жалібничка блискучаUkrainian
  • 方尾凹翅燕Chinese
  • 方尾锯翅燕Chinese

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Relatives of the square-tailed 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 square-tailed saw-wing?

An adult square-tailed saw-wing weighs 9.6 g – 10 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the square-tailed saw-wing endangered?

The square-tailed 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 square-tailed saw-wing?

The square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/square-tailed-saw-wing

MLA

“Square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/square-tailed-saw-wing.

BibTeX
@misc{square_tailed_saw_wing_2026,
  title = {Square-tailed saw-wing (Psalidoprocne nitens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/square-tailed-saw-wing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}