What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Red-chested Swallow been recorded?

Hirundo lucida occurrence evidence comes from 81 records in 8 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2026. Most records come from Guinea.

Red-chested Swallow
Red-chested Swallow — Photo (display-sized rendition): Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeHirundo

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

81 records across 8 countries and territories, 1900–2026.

Hirundo lucida · GBIF taxon key 5230774

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

7 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19002026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Red-chested Swallow has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Red-chested Swallow. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Guinea 40
Senegal 23
Côte d'Ivoire 7
Guinea-Bissau 4
Gambia 3
Congo 2
DR Congo 1
Gabon 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.