Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Hirundinidae > Pseudochelidon > Pseudochelidon eurystominaPseudochelidon eurystomina (African River Martin)The African river martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina) is a passerine bird, one of two members of the river martin subfamily of the swallow family, Hirundinidae. When discovered, it was not initially recognised as a swallow, but a later understanding of differences in structure, including its stout beak and robust legs and feet, led to its current placement in a separate subfamily shared only with the Asian white-eyed river martin. The African river martin is a large swallow, mainly black with a blue-green gloss to the head and a greener tint to the back and wings. The under-wings are brownish, the underparts are purple-black, and the flight feathers are black. This martin has red eyes, a broad orange-red bill and a black, square tail. Young birds are similar in appearance to the adults, bu |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 14.1779 EDGE Score: 3.41299 |
Diet [1] | Carnivore (Invertebrates) | Diet - Invertibrates [1] | 100 % | Forages - Aerial [1] | 100 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [2] | 3 | Migration [3] | Intracontinental |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Atlantic Equatorial coastal forests |
Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Eastern Congolian swamp forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Gabon, Congo, Democratic Rep of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Congolian swamp forests |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Parc National de la Lopé National Park |
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1227419 |
Gabon |
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Name |
Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Conkouati National Park |
Congo |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Dimonika Biosphere Reserve |
Congo |
A1, A3 |
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Gamba Protected Areas Complex |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Ipassa Strict Nature Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lopé Faunal Reserve |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lower Kouilou basin |
Congo |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Luki Forest Reserve |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Ngiri |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Ngotto |
Central African Republic |
A3 |
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Odzala National Park complex |
Congo |
A3 |
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Ogooué delta and Mandji island |
Gabon |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 2Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 ♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.orgEcoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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