• Synonyms Mangbettu, Blue Saw-wing, Ethiopian, Black Sawwing, Blandford's, Blue, Brown, Blue Sawwing, Shari, Eastern or Black Sawwing, Petit's

Black Saw-wingbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 2.
    Flight call, © Dries Van de Loock
    Malawi
  • 3.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 4.
    Song, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Black Saw-wing

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion widespread

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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
FinnishEtiopiankiiltopääsky, sininokipääsky
Frenchde Reichenow ou du Rwenzori, de Reichenow ou du Ruwenzori, de Salvadori, de Petit, des Mangbetu, Hirondelle hérissée, de Kafa
GermanErzschwalbe
IcelandicMyrkursvala
ItalianRondine serrata di Mangbettu, Rondine serrata nera
Japaneseムネジロクロツバメ
Lithuanianjuodoji afrikinė kregždė
Norwegiansvartsagsvale
Norwegian NynorskSvartsagsvale
Polishżałobniczka czarna, zalobniczka czarna, żałobniczka sawannowa
Portugueseandorinha-preta
RussianТёмная африканская ласточка, Чёрная ласточка
SerbianCrna lasta testerastog krila
Slovaklastovicka cierna, lastovička čierna, Lastovička modrá
SpanishGolondrina negra
SwedishSvart kamvingesvala, svartsvala
TurkishKara Kırlangıç
Ukrainianжалібничка білоплеча