Fanti Rough-winged Swallow

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Psalidoprocne
Species:	P. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Least Concern ( LC) is an IUCN category assigned to extant species or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The swallows and martins are a group of Passerine Birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial obscura

Binomial name

Psalidoprocne obscura
(Hartlaub, 1855)

The Fanti Rough-winged Swallow (Psalidoprocne obscura), or the Fanti Sawwing (Swallow) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. Karel Johan Gustav Hartlaub ( November 8, 1814 - November 29, 1900) was a German Physician and Zoologist. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The swallows and martins are a group of Passerine Birds in the family Hirundinidae which are characterised by their adaptation to aerial

Fanti Rough-winged Swallow breeds in the lowlands of southern west Africa from Senegal to Cameroon. Senegal (le Sénégal officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country south of the Sénégal River in western Africa. The Republic of Cameroon is a unitary republic of central and western Africa. It is mainly resident, apart from seasonal movements.

This bird is found in open country, including light woodland, near water. Fanti Rough-winged Swallows are graceful flyers and they generally feed on insects, including beetles, while airborne. Insects ( Class Insecta) are a major group of Arthropods and the most diverse group of Animals on the Earth with over a million described They are typically seen low over water or grassland.

The lined nests are built in a 60cm burrow in a vertical bank. The clutch is two eggs.

This is a small swallow at 17cm. Its plumage is glossy green. The tail is long and deeply forked. Sexes are similar, but the female has a shorter tail. Juveniles are brown with little gloss, and have short tails.

References

BirdLife International (2004). Psalidoprocne obscura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

Birds of The Gambia by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, ISBN 1-873403-32-1
Swallows and Martins by Turner and Rose ISBN 0747032025

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