African swallow may refer to:

  • Genus Cecropis, mud-nest building swallows:
  • Lesser striped swallow, Cecropis abyssinica
  • Greater striped swallow, Cecropis cucullata
  • Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica (range extends beyond Africa)
  • West African swallow, Cecropis domicella
  • Red-breasted swallow, Cecropis semirufa
  • Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis
  • Genus Hirundo open-cup nesting swallows:
  • Ethiopian swallow, Hirundo aethiopica
  • White-throated swallow, Hirundo albigularis
  • Angola swallow, Hirundo angolensis
  • Blue swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea
  • Pearl-breasted swallow, Hirundo dimidiata
  • Pied-winged swallow, Hirundo leucosoma
  • Red-chested swallow, Hirundo lucida
  • White-tailed swallow, Hirundo megaensis
  • white-bibbed swallow, Hirundo nigrita
  • Black-and-rufous swallow, Hirundo nigrorufa
  • Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica (range extends beyond Africa, this is also the European swallow)
  • Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii smithii
  • Genus Petrochelidon, cliff nesting swallows:
  • Forest swallow, Petrochelidon fuliginosa
  • Preuss's cliff swallow, Petrochelidon preussi
  • Red-throated cliff swallow, Petrochelidon rufigula
  • South African cliff swallow, Petrochelidon spilodera
  • Genus Pseudhirundo:
  • Grey-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo griseopyga

See also

  • Swallow
  • African swallowtail (Papilio dardanus)
  • African Swallow-tailed Kite