Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
(aka Blue Saw-wing)
Black Saw-wing, Lake Langano, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image

Lake Langano, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Black Saw-wing is a member of the swallow family and is distributed in central Africa, south-east South Africa and Ethiopia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in a variety of habitats but usually near water.

Black Saw-wing, Lake Langano, Ethiopia, January 2016 - click for larger image There are several sub-species which are sometimes split into distinct species. I believe that these photos are of the sub-species P. p. blanfordi.

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