Wire-tailed Swallow / Hirundo smithii LC
- Synonyms Wiretailed Swallow, African Wire-tailed Swallow
- Old latin name for bird Hirundo smithi
Wire-tailed Swallowbird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see Wire-tailed Swallow
- Breeding region Africa, Oriental Region
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Iran
- Kenya
- Laos
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Wire-tailed Swallow subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirundo smithii filifera | sc, se Asia | - | No |
| Hirundo smithii smithii | Sub-Saharan Africa | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Draadstertswael |
| Azerbaijani | sapquyruq qaranquş |
| Belarusian | Ніткахвостая ластаўка |
| Bengali | তারলেজা আবাবিল |
| Bulgarian | Нишкоопашата лястовица |
| Catalan | oreneta cuallarga |
| Chinese | 线尾燕 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 線尾燕 |
| Croatian | riđokapa lastavica |
| Czech | vlaštovka dlouhoocasá |
| Danish | Trådhalesvale |
| Dutch | Roodkruinzwaluw |
| Esperanto | Dratvosta hirundo, Kablovosta hirundo |
| Estonian | niitsaba-pääsuke |
| Finnish | jouhipääsky |
| French | Hirondelle à longs brins |
| Frisian | Readkrúnswel |
| Galician | Andoriña rabilonga |
| German | Rotkappenschwalbe |
| Greek | Συρμoχελίδovo |
| Hebrew | סנונית חדת-זנב |
| Hungarian | drótfarkú fecske |
| Icelandic | Þráðsvala |
| Irish | Fáinleog spíonearrach |
| Italian | Rondine codasottile di Smith, Rondine codafili, Rondine di Smith |
| Japanese | ハリオツバメ |
| Latvian | Drātastes bezdelīga, drātsastes bezdelīga |
| Lithuanian | Siūlauodegė kregždė, siūlauodegė šelmeninė kregždė |
| Malayalam | കമ്പിവാലന് കത്രികപ്പക്ഷി, കമ്പിവാലൻ കത്രിക |
| Marathi | तारवाली भिंगरी |
| Nepali | सुइरोपुच्छ«े गाÄथली |
| Northern Sami | Árpobađošspálfu |
| Norwegian | trådstjertsvale, trådhalesvale |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Trådhalesvale |
| Persian | پرستوی سرسرخ |
| Polish | jaskółka rdzawogłowa, jaskólka rdzawoglowa |
| Portuguese | Andorinha-de-cauda-longa, Andorinha-cauda-de-arame, andorinha-cauda-d'arame, Andorinha de cauda longa, andorinha-rabijunca |
| Romanian | Rândunică cu coadă aciculară |
| Russian | Ласточка нитехвостая, Нитехвостая ласточка |
| Serbian | Tankorepa lasta |
| Shona | Nyenganyenga |
| Slovak | lastovička hnedohlavá |
| Slovenian | nitorepa lastovka |
| Spanish | Golondrina colilarga, Golondrina Cola de Cerdas |
| Swahili | Mbayuwayu Mkia-sindano |
| Swedish | trådstjärtad svala, Trådstjärtsvala |
| Tamil | கம்பிவால் தகைவிலான் |
| Thai | นกนางแอ่นหางลวด |
| Tsonga | Mbawulwana |
| Turkish | Tel Kuyruklu Kırlangıç, Tel-kuyruklu Kırlangıç |
| Turkmen | sapak guýrukly garlawaç |
| Ukrainian | ластівка ниткохвоста |
| Uzbek | ипдум қалдирғоч |
| Vietnamese | Nhạn đầu hung, Chim Nhạn đầu hung |
| Welsh | Gwennol lostfain |
| Zulu | iNkonjane |