Black Saw-wing bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsBlack Sawwing, Blue Saw-wing, Ethiopian, Mangbettu, Blandford's, Blue, Brown, Blue Sawwing, Shari, Eastern or Black Sawwing, Petit's
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilySwallows, Martins / Hirundinidae
GenusPsalidoprocne
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionwidespread

Black Saw-wing bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 3.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Uganda
  • 5.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Black Saw-wing

Black Saw-wing subspecies (12)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Psalidoprocne pristoptera antinoriic, s Ethiopia-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera blanfordiwc Ethiopia-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera chalybean, c Cameroon to w Sudan and n, c DRCongo-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera holomelass Zimbabwe and s Mozambique to e, s South Africa-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera mangbettorums Sudan and ne DRCongo-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera massaicaKenya and n, c Tanzania-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera oleaginease Sudan and sw Ethiopia-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera orientalise Zambia and s Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera petitie Nigeria to nw Angola-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera pristopteraEritrea and n Ethiopia-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera reichenowiAngola, s DRCongo and Zambia-No
Psalidoprocne pristoptera ruwenzorie DRCongo and sw Uganda-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansTropiese Saagvlerkswael, Swartsaagvlerkswael
Catalanoreneta negra
Chinese蓝锯翅燕
Chinese (Traditional)藍凹翅燕
Croatiancrna lastavica
CzechVlaštovka Neumannova, vlaštovka modročerná
DanishBlå Skovsvale
DutchBlauw-zwarte Kamzwaluw, Kaffa-kamzwaluw
EsperantoNigra segilflugilo
Estonianpugaltiib-nõgipääsuke
Finnishsininokipääsky, Etiopiankiiltopääsky
Frenchdes Mangbetu, Hirondelle hérissée, de Petit, de Salvadori, de Reichenow ou du Ruwenzori, de Reichenow ou du Rwenzori, de Kafa
GermanErzschwalbe
IcelandicMyrkursvala
ItalianRondine serrata nera, Rondine serrata di Mangbettu
Japaneseムネジロクロツバメ
Lithuanianjuodoji afrikinė kregždė
Norwegiansvartsagsvale, Svartsagsvale
Norwegian NynorskSvartsagsvale
Polishzalobniczka czarna, żałobniczka czarna, żałobniczka sawannowa
Portugueseandorinha-preta
RussianЧёрная ласточка, Тёмная африканская ласточка
SerbianCrna lasta testerastog krila
SlovakLastovička modrá, lastovička čierna, lastovicka cierna
SpanishGolondrina negra
Swedishsvartsvala, Svart kamvingesvala
TurkishKara Kırlangıç
Ukrainianжалібничка білоплеча