LOCAL NAMES

• Nithamba Rathu wahilihiniya, නිතඹ රතු වැහිළිහිණියා, গিলে ফেলা, निगलल, Vogel schlucken, hirondelle oiseau, पक्षी निगलें, ನುಂಗಲು ಹಕ್ಕಿ, പക്ഷിയെ വിഴുങ്ങുക, गिळणारा पक्षी, விழுங்கு பறவை, глотать птицу, tragar pajaro, మ్రింగు పక్షి, kırlangıç kuşu, طائر السنونو, লালকোমর আবাবিল, કેંચી અબાબીલ, मस्जिद अबाबील, ಕೆಂಪೃಷ್ಠದ ಕವಲುತೋಕೆ, വരയൻ കത്രിക, लालबुडी भिंगरी, मंदिर देवकन्हई, गेरुकटी गौंथली, செம்பிட்டத் தில்லான்
• Afrikaans Rooinekswael
• Albanian Dallëndyshe kërbishtkuqe
• Arabic سنونو أحمر العجز
• Armenian Շիկագոտի ծիծեռնակ
• Asturian Andarina dáurica
• Azerbaijani Daur qaranquşu
• Basque Enara ipurgorria
• Bulgarian Червенокръста лястовица
• Catalan Oreneta cua-rogenca
• Chinese 金腰燕
• Chinese (SIM) 金腰燕
• Croatian daurska lastavica
• Czech vlaštovka skalní
• Danish Rødrygget Svale
• Dutch Roodstuitzwaluw
• English Red-rumped Swallow
• English (United States) Red-rumped Swallow
• Faroese Brandsvala
• Finnish ruostepääsky
• French Hirondelle rousseline
• French (French Guiana) Hirondelle rousseline
• Galician Anduriña dáurica
• German Rötelschwalbe
• Greek Μιλτοχελίδονο
• Gujarati કેંચીપૂંછ તારોડિયું
• Hebrew סנונית מערות
• Hindi लाल-पुट्ठ अबाबील
• Hungarian Vörhenyes fecske
• Icelandic Brandsvala
• Indonesian Layang-layang gua
• Italian Rondine rossiccia
• Japanese コシアカツバメ
• Korean 귀제비
• Latvian Daurijas bezdelīga
• Lithuanian Daūrinė šelmeninė kregždė
• Malayalam വരയൻ കത്രിക
• Marathi लाल पुठ्ठ्याची भिंगरी
• Mongolian Монгол хараацай
• Norwegian amursvale
• Persian پرستوی دمگاه ‌حنایی
• Polish jaskółka rudawa
• Portuguese (Portugal) Andorinha-dáurica
• Romanian Rândunică roșcată
• Russian Рыжепоясничная ласточка
• Serbian Daurska lasta
• Slovak lastovička červenochrbtá
• Slovenian Rdeča lastovka
• Spanish Golondrina Dáurica
• Spanish (Spain) Golondrina dáurica
• Swedish rostgumpsvala/västafrikansk svala
• Telugu ఎర్ర నడుము వాన కోయిల
• Thai นกนางแอ่นตะโพกแดง
• Turkish Kızıl Kırlangıç
• Ukrainian Ластівка даурська

DESCRIPTION

Cecropis daurica, The red-rumped swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. They resemble barn swallows, but are darker below and have pale or reddish rumps, face and neck collar. The Indian and African birds are resident, but European and other Asian birds are migratory. They winter in Africa or India and are vagrants to Christmas Island and northern Australia. They do not normally form large breeding colonies, but are social outside the breeding season. Many hundreds can be seen at a time on the plains of India. Builds mud nests in mountains, sea cliffs and on buildings and other structures. Forages over open areas. Their calls are like … Locally named Nithamba Rathu wahilihiniya.