European Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis rufula

The European red-rumped swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. Historically, it was usually treated in a broad concept of the genus Hirundo, but is now treated in the genus Cecropis. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the eastern red-rumped swallow, united, together with the African red-rumped swallow, under the common name of red-rumped swallow.

Scientific name

Cecropis rufula

Family

Swallows