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Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica · Family Hirundinidae
Cecropis abyssinica
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 211,028
- Countries and territories with records
- 43
About this species
This species has 211,028 occurrence records from 43 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (65.6%), Kenya (9.1%), Tanzania (5%), Uganda (4.6%) and Zimbabwe (2.5%); together they account for 86.8% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.35% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cecropis abyssinica combines the genus name Cecropis with the species epithet abyssinica. The Warbla app catalog lists 7 species of the genus Cecropis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cecropis daurica, Cecropis cucullata and Cecropis semirufa.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 35.2% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.