Listen to the lesser striped swallow
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About the lesser striped swallow
The lesser striped swallow is a bird in the family Hirundinidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the lesser striped swallow sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as alarm call and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) is a large swallow. It breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa from Sierra Leone and southern Sudan south into eastern South Africa. It is partially migratory with South African birds wintering further north. West African birds leave the north of the breeding range in the dry season.
Related birds in the genus Cecropis
More from the family Hirundinidae
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Sand martin
Riparia riparia
Western house martin
Delichon urbicum
Eurasian crag martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Wire-tailed swallow
Hirundo smithii
Tree swallow
Tachycineta bicolor
Cliff swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Purple martin
Progne subis
Blue-and-white swallow
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Violet-green swallow
Tachycineta thalassina
White-banded swallow
Atticora fasciata
Frequently asked questions
What does a lesser striped swallow sound like?
You can hear 3 recordings of the lesser striped swallow on this page, including its alarm call and call. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the lesser striped swallow endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the lesser striped swallow as “least concern”.
What family does the lesser striped swallow belong to?
The lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Alarm call · Kruger Park (near Kruger National Park), Mopani, Limpopo… by Rion Lerm – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Call · Kilifi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Cecropis abyssinica, roepe, Klein-Magalakwena by JMK – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q1589215 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Lesser striped swallow – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by rmedina – CC BY 4.0