Red-rumped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis daurica )
The Red-rumped Swallow ( Cecropis daurica ) is a species of the family of swallows.
Description
The Red-rumped Swallow reaches a length of 16-18 centimeters. It has a reddish brown rump, a red-brown neck band and a long tail. The underside is dark without rahmfarben neck spot. It flies slower than the Barn Swallow and seems to be now and then in the air, because they often use updrafts.
It gives an indicative rough, thin Flugruf of itself. Your warning cry is " kier ". The song is that of the Barn Swallow similar, but less melodic.
The previous scientific name was Hirundo daurica. Recent scientific findings led to the name change in Cecropis daurica.
Distribution and habitat
The range of the Red-rumped Swallow extends from the Maghreb to the Iberian Peninsula along the northern edge of the Mediterranean Sea to Israel and the north of Syria and Iraq. About the south of Iran, the range extends to India. The Indian and African Rötelschwalben are resident birds. The European and the other Asian birds are migratory, however. The European breeding birds spend the winter in the south of the Sahara.
Until the 1950s, the Red-rumped Swallow was an extremely rare and irregular Irrgast in Central Europe. Since then, the breeding grounds of this species has increased in southern Europe, she comes almost every year before Irrgast in Central Europe. Area expansions were mainly in the Iberian Peninsula, where it has changed half fanned their breeding area since the 1950s. Breeding records are also available for the south of France and Corsica is the Red-rumped Swallow since 1977 regular breeding bird. In Romania breed regularly Rötelschwalben since the 1970s. Your stock is now grown to twenty to fifty breeding pairs.
1855, the first Rötelschalbe in Germany was detected on Helgoland. By 1970, only 10 Rötelschwalben was observed in Germany. From 1970 to 2010 then 82 recognized criteria have been satisfied. Most observations were made in Germany in the second half of April and the first half of May, during the return migration to southern Europe. It is believed that Rötelschwalben which Central Europe reached their return migration from Africa erroneously extended to the north.
The Red-rumped Swallow keeps on getting near water. Their nest it builds in houses, walls, caves and under bridges.
Reproduction
The nest is formed of mud and saliva and has the shape of a halved bottle that hangs from the ceiling. The length of the " bottle neck " can be up to half a meter. The incubation period is 11 to 16 days from May to July. The nestling period is 20-21 days.
Food
The food consists of insects, which are caught in the air.