• Synonyms White-headed Roughwing, White-headed Rough-winged Swallow, White-headed Rough-wing Swallow, Whiteheaded Saw-wing Swallow, White-headed Rough-wing, White-headed Sawwing, Whiteheaded Sawwing Swallow, White headed Sawwing, White-headed Saw-winged Swallow, White-headed Roughwing Swallow
  • Old latin name for bird Psalidoprocne palludigula, Psalidoprocne pallidigula, Psalidoprogne albiceps

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Where to see White-headed Saw-wing

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion e, c

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

Species Name in Other Languages

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