The Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in Africa, specifically West Africa, the Congo basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings.
It was formerly considered a subspecies of the closely resembling Barn Swallow, however, The adult Red-chested Swallow differs in being slightly smaller than its migratory relative, in addition to having a narrower blue breast band and shorter tail streamers; juveniles are more comparable to Barn Swallow chicks.
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