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Birds Swallows & swifts Common
Wire-tailed Swallow
Draadstertswael · Hirundo smithii
A trim swallow with a chestnut cap, spotless white underparts and two fine wire-like tail streamers. It is closely tied to water and to bridges, where pairs build their mud nests on the underside of concrete. Unlike most swallows it is resident, staying in Kruger all winter.
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Rufous cap, pure-white underparts with no breast-band, and two needle-thin tail wires.
Where to see it in Kruger
Along rivers and at bridges throughout, present all year.
Did you know
Two thin tail feathers trail behind it in flight like floating wires.
Often confused with
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