Red-chested swallow
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Hirundo lucida

The red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida ) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings.

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It was formerly considered a subspecies of the closely resembling barn swallow. However, the adult red-chested swallow differs in being slightly smaller than its migratory relative, in addition to having a narrower blue breast band and shorter tail streamers. Juveniles are more comparable to barn swallow chicks.

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Habits and Lifestyle

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Bird's call

Diet and Nutrition

References

1. Red-chested swallow Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-chested_swallow
2. Red-chested swallow on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22712260/118839960
3. Xeno-canto bird call - https://xeno-canto.org/425385

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