Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows and martins)

Authority: (Kitti, 1968)

Red List Category

Criteria: D

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Justification of Red List category
This species has not been recorded with certainty since 1978, despite some surveys since 2000. It is likely to have declined as a result of habitat degradation and destruction at the (unknown) breeding areas and on wintering grounds, exacerbated by hunting and trapping at roost-sites. However, it might remain extant, and surveys are required in putative breeding areas, particularly in Myanmar. Any remaining population is probably tiny, and for these reasons it is treated as Critically Endangered.

Population size: 1-49 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Indomalayan
Realm - Palearctic
IUCN System - Freshwater
IUCN System - Terrestrial