---
title: "Blauwzwarte kamzwaluw"
description: "Psalidoprocne pristoptera — Vogels. The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), also known as the blue saw-wing or black rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-sawwing
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blauwzwarte kamzwaluw

> Psalidoprocne pristoptera — Vogels. The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), also known as the blue saw-wing or black rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.

- Scientific name: *Psalidoprocne pristoptera*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 789
- Wikidata: [Q1589225](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1589225)
- iNaturalist taxon: [11953](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/11953)

## Names

- en: Black Sawwing
- de: Erzschwalbe
- es: Golondrina Negra
- fr: Hirondelle hérissée
- nl: Blauwzwarte kamzwaluw
- pt: Andorinha-preta
- pl: Żałobniczka sawannowa

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (370), MW (47), KE (45), TZ (40), UG (28), ZW (23), RW (15), ET (9), CM (7), AO (6), CG (6), CF (5)

## Summary

The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera), also known as the blue saw-wing or black rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_saw-wing

## Photo

![Blauwzwarte kamzwaluw](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-sawwing/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64347472

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-sawwing?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).