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Hirundo angolensis (Angola
swallow)
Angolaswael [Afrikaans]; Sisampamema (generic term for
swallows, martins, swifts and spinetails) [Kwangali]; Angolese zwaluw [Dutch];
Hirondelle de l'Angola [French]; Angolaschwalbe [German]; Andorinha de Angola
[Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Passeriformes > Family: Hirundinidae
Distribution and habitat
Rare vagrant to Namibia, with 1 record from Caprivi Strip,
two more further west along the Angolan border and finally one in the central
region. It has two separate populations in central Africa - one occurs from
Gabon to eastern Angola and the other, larger population occupies parts of
southern DRC, Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania. It generally favours grassland,
plains, cultivated fields, swamp, forest edges and water bodies; all records
from southern Africa where recorded near large rivers.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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