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Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica (syn. Hirundo abyssinica) in South Africa
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Open encyclopedia reference
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.
Wikipedia contributors, Lesser striped swallow; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T09:54:04.223645+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
- Name authority
- (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
- Common name
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Cecropis
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyHirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815
- genusCecropis F. Boie, 1826
- speciesCecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Cecropis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata (Boddaert, 1783) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Red-rumped SwallowCecropis melanocrissus Rüppell, 1845 | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa (Sundevall, 1850) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula (Temminck, 1835) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica (Laxmann, 1769) | HirundinidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hirundo abyssinica Guérin-Méneville, 1843 Guérin-Méneville, 1843 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=916672 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5XH5P. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.