Grey-rumped swallow

The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of swallow. It is the only member of the genus Pseudhirundo.

Grey-rumped swallow
Grey-rumped Swallow
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Pseudhirundo Roberts, 1922
Species:	P. griseopyga
Binomial name
Pseudhirundo griseopyga (Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Hirundo griseopyga griseopyga Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Phylogenetic analysis has shown that the grey-rumped swallow is most closely related to the white-backed swallow (Cheramoeca leucosterna) that is found in Australia.^[2]