Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii Leach & K.D.Koenig, 1818 — also called WTSW. Occurrence records of the Wire-tailed Swallow are shared on GBIF from around 19 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Kruger National Park (2 595 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernHirundinidae

19reserves with records

4 101records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii) — Photo: Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Kruger National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	2 595
Lion Sands Game ReservePrivate game reserve	MP Mpumalanga	471
SabieparkNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	398
Bonamanzi Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	275
Mjejane Private Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	161
Letaba Ranch Provincial ParkNature reserve	LP Limpopo	81
Sabi Sands Game ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	22
MakulekeProtected area	LP Limpopo	20
Kapama Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	15
Lanner GorgeProtected area	LP Limpopo	14
Sodwana Bay National ParkNational park	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	12
Makalali ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	8
Balule Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	6
Abelana Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	5
Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	LP Limpopo	5
Harold Johnson Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
The Herd ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	4
Musina Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	3
Starvation Creek Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2

By province

Limpopo: 11 reserves
Mpumalanga: 5 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Scientific name: Hirundo smithii
GBIF taxon: 5230801
Wikidata: Q375793

More of the Hirundinidae family

Barn Swallow Greater Striped Swallow Lesser Striped Swallow White-throated Swallow Rock Martin Brown-throated Martin Black Saw-wing Pearl-breasted Swallow Banded Martin Red-breasted Swallow South African Cliff Swallow House Martin Grey-rumped Swallow

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.