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Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica   [Laxmann, 1769]
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Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae
BTO Codes: VR , RERSW EURING No: 9950
Number in Britain: 10 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Unlisted
European: Not a species of concern
Global: Least Concern
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Status in UK: (A)  Scarce Visitor
Subspecies: rufula recorded in Britain (of 10 subsp. in the world)
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Length: 16 cm Wingspan: 33 cm Weight: M/F: 24 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: kekropis=an Athenian woman and after Dauria, southeast Siberia, Russia
World Distribution: s Europe, Asia, n&c Africa
Habitat: Open country, towns
Diet: Flying insects
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Records and Distribution
First Record: 1906
Total Number of Records (1958-2004): 480 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: April/May, October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Angus & Dundee , Borders (2002), Fife (2001), Highland , Lothian (1998), Moray & Nairn (1995), Northeast (1995), Outer Hebrides (1997), Orkney (2004), Shetland (2004),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2003), Durham (2004), Northumberland (2002), East Yorkshire (2004), North Yorkshire (2004), South Yorkshire (2004), West Yorkshire (2004),
   North-west England: Cheshire (2003), Cumbria (1996), Lancashire (2004),
   English Midlands: Derbyshire (1996), Leicestershire (2004), Northamptonshire (1999), Nottinghamshire (1996), Shropshire (2003), Staffordshire (2004), Warwickshire (2004), Worcestershire (2001),
   Eastern England: Bedfordshire (2003), Cambridgeshire (2004), Essex (2004), Hertfordshire (2002), Lincolnshire (2004), Norfolk (2004), Suffolk (2004),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1999), Buckinghamshire (2002), Hampshire (2002), Isle of Wight (2003), Kent (2004), Greater London (1999), Oxfordshire (1997), Surrey (2003), East Sussex (2004), West Sussex (1997),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2004), Devon (2004), Dorset (2004), Gloucestershire (2004), Somerset (2004), Wiltshire (2005), Isles of Scilly (2004),
   Wales: Clwyd (1987), Glamorgan (1973), Gwynedd (2004), Pembrokeshire (2003),
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Other Names
Previously Hirundo daurica
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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These data should be cited as:
Robinson, R.A. (2005) BirdFacts: profiles of birds occurring in Britain & Ireland (v1.22, Oct 2008). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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