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Actual Scientific name : French name English name
Delichon urbicum Hirondelle de fenêtre  Common House Martin 
Hirundo abyssinica unitatis Hirondelle à gorge striée  Lesser Striped Swallow 
Hirundo albigularis ambigua Hirondelle à gorge blanche  White-throated Swallow 
Hirundo angolensis Hirondelle d'Angola  Angola Swallow 
Hirundo atrocaerulea Hirondelle bleue  Blue Swallow 
Hirundo cucullata Hirondelle d'Afrique  Greater Striped Swallow 
Hirundo daurica emini Hirondelle rousseline  Red-rumped Swallow 
Hirundo dimidiata marwitzi Hirondelle à gorge perlée  Pearl-breasted Swallow 
Hirundo fuligula rufigula Hirondelle de rochers à gorge rousse  Rock Martin 
Hirundo nigrita Hirondelle noire  White-throated Blue Swallow 
Hirundo nigrorufa Hirondelle rousse et noire  Black-and-rufous Swallow 
Hirundo rufigula Hirondelle de rochers à gorge fauve  Red-throated Cliff Swallow 
Hirundo rustica rustica Hirondelle de cheminée  Barn Swallow 
Hirundo semirufa semirufa Hirondelle à ventre roux  Red-breasted Swallow 
Hirundo senegalensis monteiri Hirondelle des mosquées  Mosque Swallow 
Hirundo smithii smithii Hirondelle à longs brins d'Afrique  Wire-tailed Swallow 
Psalidoprocne albiceps suffusa Hirondelle hérissée à tête blanche  White-headed Saw-wing 
Psalidoprocne pristoptera ruwenzorii Hirondelle hérissée bleue  Black Saw-wing 
Pseudohirundo griseopyga griseopyga Hirondelle à croupion gris  Grey-rumped Swallow 
Riparia cincta (suahelica & cincta) Hirondelle de rivage à front blanc  Banded Martin 
Riparia paludicola paludicola Hirondelle de rivage paludicole  Brown-throated Sand Martin 
Riparia riparia riparia Hirondelle de rivage d'Europe  Common Sand Martin 



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