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Fanti Saw-wing
Psalidoprocne obscura (Hartlaub, 1855)
Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
Fanti Saw-wing, Psalidoprocne obscura, breeds in lowland areas from Senegal and Gambia to western Cameroon. It is a swallow in the family Hirundinidae, and is found in open country, including light woodland, close to water. Its plumage is glossy green, with a long, deeply forked tail. The sexes look alike, though the female has a shorter tail. Young birds are brown, with little sheen and shorter tails. It nests in a lined burrow about 60 cm long in a vertical bank, and lays two eggs.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
- Breeding range
- Africa: Senegal and Gambia to w Cameroon
