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Photo by Tom Tarrant
Mbweya Lodge, Uganda

Hirundo angolensis

1 Identification
2 Distribution
3 Taxonomy
4 Habitat
5 Behaviour
6 References
7 External Links

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Some authors recognised two subspecies: H. a. angolensis and H. a. arcticincta^[2]

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
Avibase