Greater striped swallow
| Greater striped swallow | |
|---|---|
| Perched in Camdeboo National Park, and calls from a gulp prior to migration from Pretoria | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Cecropis |
| Species: | C. cucullata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cecropis cucullata (Boddaert, 1783)
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| range
whole year resident (very locally) breeding summer visitor overwintering visitor
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| Synonyms | |
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Hirundo cucullata | |
The greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata) is a large swallow that is native to Africa south of the equator.