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Hirundo nigrita |
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Hirundo nigrita |
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Hirondelle noire |
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White-throated Blue Swallow |
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| Ka-mimbya, kandindi (Kiluba); Kandelandala (Kisonge); Tshiangata makuyi; tshindindindi (Tshiluba); Ka-mimbi (Kitabwa) | |
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This small bird upperparts are blackish. Has white thoat and underwing coverts. |
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It is a forest bird that has been seen in Katanga around Kasaji at the West of the province. |
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Likes small rivers with overhanging branches. Hunts insects from their perches. |
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Insects that are caught in flight. |
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Usually nests on trunks overhanging rivers. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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