Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) - BirdLife species factsheet

Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Cecropis daurica and C. hyperythra (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously lumped as Hirundo daurica (BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	full migrant	Forest dependency	low
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	99,900,000 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	75,400,000 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	57200000-134000000 mature individuals	medium	suspected	2018
Population trend	increasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.56 years	-	-	-

Population justification: In Europe, the total population size is estimated at 2,860,000-6,680,000 mature individuals, with 1,430,000-3,340,000 breeding pairs (BirdLife International 2021), and comprises approximately 5% of the species' global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is between 57,200,000-134,000,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is desirable. In Europe, the species' population is considered to have undergone a suspected increase over three generations (10 years) (BirdLife International 2021). Based on these data, and evidence of range expansion elsewhere (Turner and Kirwan 2020), the global population size is considered likely to be increasing over three generations.

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Afghanistan	extant	native		yes
Albania	extant	native		yes
Algeria	extant	native		yes
Australia	extant	native			yes
Austria	extant	vagrant
Bahrain	extant	native				yes
Bangladesh	extant	native	yes
Belgium	extant	vagrant
Benin	extant	native	yes
Bhutan	extant	native	yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	extant	native		yes
Brunei	extant	native	yes
Bulgaria	extant	native		yes
Burkina Faso	extant	native	yes
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cambodia	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Central African Republic	extant	native	yes
Chad	extant	native			yes
China (mainland)	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Côte d'Ivoire	extant	native	yes
Croatia	extant	native		yes
Cyprus	extant	native		yes		yes
Denmark	extant	native				yes
Egypt	extant	native			yes
Eritrea	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Finland	extant	vagrant
France	extant	native		yes		yes
Gabon	extant	native	yes
Gambia	extant	native	yes
Germany	extant	vagrant
Ghana	extant	native	yes
Gibraltar (to UK)	extant	native		yes
Greece	extant	native		yes		yes
Guinea	extant	native	yes
Guinea-Bissau	extant	native	yes
Hong Kong (China)	extant	native	yes
Iceland	extant	vagrant
India	extant	native	yes
Indonesia	extant	native	yes
Iran, Islamic Republic of	extant	native		yes		yes
Iraq	extant	native		yes		yes
Ireland	extant	vagrant
Israel	extant	native		yes
Italy	extant	native		yes
Japan	extant	native	yes
Jordan	extant	native		yes		yes
Kazakhstan	extant	native		yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Kuwait	extant	native		yes
Kyrgyzstan	extant	native		yes
Laos	extant	native	yes
Lebanon	extant	native		yes
Liberia	extant	native	yes
Libya	extant	native		yes
Luxembourg	extant	vagrant
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Malaysia	extant	native
Maldives	extant	vagrant
Mali	extant	native	yes
Malta	extant	native		yes
Mauritania	extant	native			yes
Mongolia	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Myanmar	extant	native	yes
Netherlands	extant	vagrant
Niger	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
North Korea	extant	native		yes
North Macedonia	extant	native		yes
Norway	extant	vagrant
Oman	extant	native		yes
Pakistan	extant	native		yes
Palestine	extant	native		yes
Philippines	extant	native	yes
Poland	extant	vagrant
Portugal	extant	native		yes
Qatar	extant	native				yes
Romania	extant	native		yes
Russia	extant	native		yes
Russia (Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (Central Asian)	extant	native		yes
Russia (European)	extant	native		yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
Saudi Arabia	extant	native		yes
Senegal	extant	native	yes
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Sierra Leone	extant	native	yes
Singapore	extant	native	yes
Slovenia	extant	native		yes
Somalia	extant	native	yes
South Korea	extant	native		yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes		yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native		yes	yes
Sweden	extant	vagrant
Switzerland	extant	vagrant
Syria	extant	native		yes
Taiwan, China	extant	native	yes
Tajikistan	extant	native		yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Thailand	extant	native	yes
Timor-Leste	extant	native	yes
Togo	extant	native	yes
Tunisia	extant	native		yes
Türkiye	extant	native		yes
Turkmenistan	extant	native		yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
United Arab Emirates	extant	native		yes
United Kingdom	extant	vagrant
Uzbekistan	extant	native		yes
Vietnam	extant	native	yes
Yemen	extant	native		yes
Zambia	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	non-breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	breeding
Artificial/Terrestrial	Urban Areas	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	suitable	non-breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	breeding
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	suitable	non-breeding
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		major	breeding
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	suitable	breeding
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	major	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands	suitable	non-breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	breeding
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	non-breeding
Altitude	0 - 3500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Threats & impact

Threat (level 1)

Threat (level 2)

Impact and Stresses

Invasive and other problematic species, genes & diseases

Problematic native species/diseases - Unspecified species

Timing

Scope

Severity

Impact

Ongoing

Minority (<50%)

Unknown

Stresses
Competition, Reduced reproductive success

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/red-rumped-swallow-cecropis-daurica on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.