The White-throated Swallow - Hirundo albigularis,  is common species, found in southern Africa, which has benefited from the increased nesting opportunities presented by the construction of bridges and dams.

It has glossy dark blue upperparts and a bright chestnut crown. A dark blue-black breast band separates the white throat from the greyish white underparts and underwing coverts. The upper wings, underwing flight feathers and forked tail are blackish-blue, but the undertail has white patches near the feather tips. The white throat and blackish breast band are distinctions from the Barn Swallow. The outer feathers are slightly longer in the male than the female. Juveniles are duller than the adult, with shorter outer tail feathers and a browner crown.

They winter in Angola Zambia and southern Zaire. This is a bird of open country and grassland, with a preference for highlands and nearby water. It is often found around man-made structures.

It exclusively eats airborne insects, doing most of its foraging close to the ground, hawking prey aerially.

This swallow breeds in Southern Africa. It  builds a bowl-shaped mud nest with a soft lining of grass or hair. It is usually near or over water, and is built on a ledge under an overhang on a rock face or on a man-made structure such as a building, dam wall, culvert or bridge. Uninhabited buildings are preferred to houses. The nest may be reused for subsequent broods or in later years. It is a monogamous, solitary nester, with one breeding pair producing multiple broods in a single breeding season. The egg-laying season is from August to March, peaking between October and December. They lay 2 to 5, white with brown and blue blotched eggs, usually 3 eggs which are incubated by the female for 15 to 18 days. The young are fed by both parents. The chicks fledge between 18 and25 days, but roost in the nest for at least 2 weeks.

Not threatened, in fact its range and population have increased in the Western Cape due to the increasing availability of man-made nest sites.