Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica [Laxmann, 1769] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family: Hirundinidae |
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BTO Codes:
VR, RERSW
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EURING No: 9950 | |
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Number in Britain:
10 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Visitor
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Subspecies:
rufula recorded in Britain (of 10 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
16 cm
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Wingspan: 33 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 24 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: kekropis=an Athenian woman and after Dauria, southeast Siberia, Russia |
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World Distribution:
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s Europe, Asia, n&c Africa |
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Habitat:
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Open country, towns |
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Diet:
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Flying insects |
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Records and Distribution |
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First Record:
Fair Isle, 1906
(Palmer. P 2000. First for Britain & Ireland, Arlequin Press. [502.74 PAL])
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Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
508
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Information provided by BirdGuides and BBRC |
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Other Names |
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Previously Hirundo daurica
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| Gaelic: | Welsh: Gwennol Dingoch |
| Danish: Rødrygget svale | Dutch: Roodstuitzwaluw |
| Finnish: Ruostepääsky | French: Hirondelle rousseline |
| German: Rötelschwalbe | Hungarian: Vörhenyes fecske |
| Icelandic: Brandsvala | Irish: Fáinleog Ruaphrompach |
| Italian: Rondine rossiccia | Norwegian: Amursvale |
| Polish: Jaskólka rudawa | Portuguese: Andorinha-dáurica |
| Spanish: Golondrina daúrica | Swedish: Rostgumpsvala |
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