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- South African Cliff Swallow
bird · Passeriformes · Hirundinidae
South African Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon spilodera (Sundevall, 1850) — also called South African Swallow, African Cliff Swallow, African Cliff-Swallow. Occurrence records of the South African Cliff Swallow are shared on GBIF from around 21 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Vredefort Dome core area (1 013 records), in 6 provinces.
IUCN: Least concernHirundinidae
21reserves with records
4 894records around them
6provinces
LCIUCN category
Where it is recorded
| Reserve | Province | Records |
|---|---|---|
| Vredefort Dome core areaProtected area | NW North West | 1 013 |
| Blougat Municipal Nature ReserveNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 983 |
| OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | NW North West | 847 |
| Colbyn ValleyNature reserve | GP Gauteng | 354 |
| Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve | GP Gauteng | 302 |
| Elephant Sanctuary HartbeespoortWildlife sanctuary | NW North West | 274 |
| Monkey SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | NW North West | 274 |
| Soetdoring Nature ReserveNature reserve | FS Free State | 244 |
| Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area | FS Free State | 196 |
| Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve | NW North West | 133 |
| Himeville Nature ReserveNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 119 |
| Ingula Nature ReserveNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 94 |
| Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve | FS Free State | 14 |
| Sterkfontein Dam Nature ReserveProtected area | FS Free State | 10 |
| Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected area | FS Free State | 9 |
| Doctor Alden Lloyd Nature Conservation AreaNature reserve | KZN KwaZulu-Natal | 9 |
| HuskyRomi Wolf SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary | FS Free State | 7 |
| Schoonspruit NatuurreservaatNature reserve | NW North West | 4 |
| The Koppie Nature ReserveNature reserve | NC Northern Cape | 3 |
| Koppies Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve | FS Free State | 3 |
| Heyns PrivaatnatuurreserveNature reserve | MP Mpumalanga | 2 |
By province
- Free State
- 7 reserves
- North West
- 6 reserves
- Gauteng
- 3 reserves
- KwaZulu-Natal
- 3 reserves
- Mpumalanga
- 1 reserve
- Northern Cape
- 1 reserve
Taxonomy
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Scientific name
- Petrochelidon spilodera
- GBIF taxon
- 5846402
- Wikidata
- Q2667786
Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.