Swallows & Martins in South Africa
Our list for South Africa has 4 swallows & martins recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Africa in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaSummer visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made