About Hirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869
The Ethiopian swallow has the scientific name Hirundo aethiopica Blanford, 1869. It is a bird species that belongs to the swallow family Hirundinidae. This species is non-migratory, and has a broad range that extends across Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Israel, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. It is frequently misidentified as the wire-tailed swallow.
