Blue Swallow

Hirundo atrocaerulea Sundevall, 1850

14 gWeight

The blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) is a small bird within the swallow family which is in the order Passeriformes.

Most records: Uganda, Malawi, Kenya

Endangered

Where and when it's recorded

Most records: Uganda, Malawi, Kenya

Blue Swallow has been recorded at 10 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 3 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nyika National ParkMalawi72 records
Mabamba SwampUganda72 records
Maasai Mara NR – Mara TriangleKenya14 records

More places

Mabamba Swamp – Main channelUganda6 records
Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – RuhijaUganda2 records
Kakamega Forest NRKenya2 records
Luwawa Forest LodgeMalawi1 record
Meru NPKenya1 record
Maasai Mara NR – Central sectionKenya1 record
Kisumu WaterfrontKenya1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

Uganda Malawi Kenya

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) is a small bird within the swallow family which is in the order Passeriformes. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the martins (also a passerine) and the swifts (order Apodiformes). It breeds in the Afromontane (from South Africa to Tanzania), wintering north of Lake Victoria.

Excerpt from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0 · authors · Read more on Wikipedia

Questions

How big is the Blue Swallow?

The Blue Swallow weighs around 14 g.

Where does the Blue Swallow live?

Its breeding range: Africa: patchily from southeastern DR Congo and central Tanzania to eastern South Africa. It is most often recorded in Uganda, Malawi and Kenya.