Swallows & Martins in Zambia
Our list for Zambia has 4 swallows & martins recorded regularly there: 1 resident and 3 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Zambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentUncommon15–19 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–May
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