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Hirundo aethiopica
Small bird, 14cm in average length. Black covers (upperparts and wing covers) with pure white underparts (belly and chest). Interrupted black throat collar helps with identification. Rusty frontal spot.
Here seen in center of Guéréda town, in our compound. Guéréda is a town in Wadi Fira region, in open Sahel semi arid savanna, with some woodlands.
It took me couple of days to get a chance for this series, and that was rather frustrating... I was seeing these swallows every day! every morning and evening, they were flying and chasing flies, together with a bunch of swifts. In flight, both are a nightmare to click, so it was really frustrating. Until the morning on 26 of March, when this fella decided to calmly pose - it even came back, allowing me to take him or her from various angles... Thanks, little fella, that was really nice experience again - not so for swifts, regarding those, I see them regularly on my travelling, but still have no photo of any of species in my collection...
Spotted on Mar 26, 2015
Submitted on May 16, 2015
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