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Red-breasted Swallow
Rooiborsswael · Cecropis semirufa
A big, deep-blue swallow with rich unstreaked rufous underparts, flying with slow, deliberate wingbeats over open country. It builds a tunnel-entranced mud nest inside road culverts and under bridges. An intra-African migrant, it breeds in Kruger in summer and leaves for winter.
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Large dark-blue swallow with entirely rufous breast and underparts and no streaking.
Where to see it in Kruger
Open woodland near roads, nesting in culverts and under bridges in summer.
Did you know
It often nests inside road culverts and under bridges out of the rain.
Often confused with
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