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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
Records and Distribution
First Record:
1906
Total Number of Records (1950-2007):
508
Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in:
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Wales:
BirdGuides and BBRC
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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