White-headed Saw-wing bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsWhiteheaded Saw-wing Swallow, White-headed Roughwing, White-headed Sawwing, White-headed Rough-wing, White-headed Rough-wing Swallow, Whiteheaded Sawwing Swallow, White headed Sawwing, White-headed Saw-winged Swallow, White-headed Roughwing Swallow, White-headed Rough-winged Swallow
Old latin name for birdPsalidoprogne albiceps, Psalidoprocne palludigula, Psalidoprocne pallidigula
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilySwallows, Martins / Hirundinidae
GenusPsalidoprocne
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregione, c

White-headed Saw-wing bird sounds *

Paused...
  • 1.
    Flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see White-headed Saw-wing

White-headed Saw-wing subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Psalidoprocne albiceps albicepsse Sudan and Uganda to n Zambia and n Malawi-No
Psalidoprocne albiceps suffusan Angola-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansWitkop-saagvlerkswael, Witkopsaagvlerkswael
Catalanoreneta capblanca
Chinese白头锯翅燕
Chinese (Traditional)白頭凹翅燕
Croatianbjeloglava lastavica
Czechvlaštovka bělohlavá, Vlaštovka belohlavá
DanishHvidhovedet Skovsvale
DutchWitkopkamzwaluw
EsperantoBlankkapa segilflugilo
Estonianvalgepea-nõgipääsuke
Finnishvalkopäänokipääsky, Huppukiiltopääsky
FrenchHirondelle à tête blanche
GermanWeißkopf-Sägeflügelschwalbe, Weißkopf-Sägeflügel, Weißkopfschwalb, Weißkopfschwalbe, Weisskopf-Schwalbe
Hungarianfehérszárnyú fűrészfecske
ItalianRondine testabianca, Rondine serrata testabianca
Japaneseシロガシラクロツバメ
Lithuanianbaltagalvė afrikinė kregždė
Norwegianhvithodesagsvale, Hvithodesagsvale
Norwegian NynorskKvithovudsagsvale
Polishzalobniczka bialoglowa, żałobniczka białogłowa
Portugueseandorinha-de-cabeça-branca
RussianБелоголовая африканская ласточка, Белоголовая ласточка
SerbianBeloglava lasta testerastog krila
Slovaklastovička bielohlavá
SpanishAlas de Sierra de Cabeza Blanca, Golondrina cabeciblanca
SwahiliMbayuwayu Kichwa-cheupe
SwedishVithuvad kamvingesvala, vithuvad svala
TurkishAk Başlı Kırlangıç
Ukrainianжалібничка білоголова