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Photo by safariranger
Photo taken: Along road between Lusaka and Livingstone, Zambia

Cecropis senegalensis

Hirundo senegalensis

[edit] Identification

25cm. Blue upperparts , reddish face, collar, underparts and rump, white underwings with dark flight feathers. The tail is forked, and slightly longer in the male. Juveniles are duller and browner, with less contrast.

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa

[edit] Taxonomy

Previously included in genus Hirundo

[edit] Habitat

Open country with trees.

[edit] Behaviour

It builds a closed mud nest with a tubular entrance in a cavity or under bridges and similar buildings. 3-4 eggs are laid.

Diet includes insects caught in the air.

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