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Cecropis abyssinica  (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 916672

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Hirundo abyssinica Guérin-Méneville, 1843
  
  Common Name(s): Lesser Striped Swallow [English]
  
    Hirondelle striée [French]
  
    andorinha-estriada-pequena [Portuguese]
  
    Golondrina abisinia [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyHirundinidae Rafinesque, 1815 – Swallows  
                               GenusCecropis F. Boie, 1826  
                                  SpeciesCecropis abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843) – Lesser Striped Swallow, Hirondelle striée, andorinha-estriada-pequena, Golondrina abisinia  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesCecropis abyssinica abyssinica (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)  
                                     SubspeciesCecropis abyssinica ampliformis (Clancey, 1969)  
                                     SubspeciesCecropis abyssinica bannermani (C. H. B. Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1942)  
                                     SubspeciesCecropis abyssinica maxima (Bannerman, 1923)  
                                     SubspeciesCecropis abyssinica puella (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)  
                                     SubspeciesCecropis abyssinica unitatis (W. L. Sclater & Mackworth-Praed, 1918)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1. Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 03 Mar 2025]. doi : 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.1   
  Reference for: Cecropis abyssinica, Lesser Striped Swallow [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): del Hoyo, Josep, Andrew Elliot, and David Christie, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails   
  Page(s): 863   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 84-87334-69-5   
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  Reference for: Cecropis abyssinica, Lesser Striped Swallow [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Africa  
       
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