Scientific name: Hirundo fuligula
It is 12–15 cm (4.7–5.9 in) long, with mainly brown plumage, paler-toned on the upper breast and underwing coverts, and with white "windows" on the spread tail in flight. The sexes are similar in appearance.
In southern Africa it is common in most of South Africa and Namibia, with smaller populations in southern and northern Botswana, Zimbabwe and northern Mozambique. As its name suggests it prefers rocky habitats, especially cliffs, quarries, boulder-strewn hills and buildings.
It exclusively eats flying insects, mainly hunting around neon lights or over beaches at low tide. It also hawks prey disturbed by ploughs or fires and is commonly observed feeding at termite alate emergences.
