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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: Not Assessed
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 (1950-2007): 508 Summary of Records by Year
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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 (v1.24, June 2009). BTO Research Report 407, BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/birdfacts)

 

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