{"id":72,"date":"2012-10-23T18:46:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T14:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/?p=72"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:01:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:01:22","slug":"hirondelles-ou-salanganes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/hirondelles-ou-salanganes\/","title":{"rendered":"Hirondelles ou salanganes ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>La diff\u00e9rence morphologique entre l&rsquo;Hirondelle de Bourbon (Phedina borbonica) et la Salangane des Mascareignes (Aerodramus francicus) peut \u00eatre subtile, mais plusieurs caract\u00e9ristiques permettent de les diff\u00e9rencier, m\u00eame pour un novice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vous avez des difficult\u00e9s a diff\u00e9rencier les 2 esp\u00e8ces ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w-800x376.webp\" alt=\"hirondelle et salangane\" class=\"wp-image-4067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w-800x376.webp 800w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w-500x235.webp 500w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w-768x361.webp 768w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w-150x71.webp 150w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w-318x150.webp 318w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/hirond-salan_w.webp 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morphologie de l&rsquo;Hirondelle de Bourbon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>L&rsquo;Hirondelle de Bourbon mesure environ 13,5 cm. Son plumage montre un dessus brun uni et un dessous blanc sale avec un peu de stries brunes. La queue est \u00e0 peine \u00e9chancr\u00e9e, le bec est court et brun, les yeux et les pattes sont aussi bruns. Son vol rapide est fait de glissage r\u00e9guli\u00e8re, avec des ailes triangulaires bien visibles. Elle peut \u00e9mettre des sons per\u00e7ants en vol. Et surtout, elle se pose parfois<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Morphologie de la Salangane des Mascareignes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>La Salangane est plus petite (environ 10,5 cm). Son plumage est brun fuligineux \u00e0 noir sur le dessus, avec un croupion blanc sale tr\u00e8s caract\u00e9ristique. Le dessous est brun p\u00e2le, plus clair sur le ventre et sous la queue. La queue est faiblement \u00e9chancr\u00e9e, le bec est tr\u00e8s court et noir, avec yeux et pattes noirs. Elle excelle en vol agile et rapide, avec des ailes en faucille. Elle change souvent de direction comme un papillon. Elle niche en grandes colonies souvent dans des cavernes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus de photos dans <a href=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/la-salangane-des-mascareignes-une-merveille-de-la-nature\/\" title=\"La salangane des Mascareignes, une merveille de La Nature\">mon article sur la salangane<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">En images !<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Vol plan\u00e9 pour l&rsquo;un, vol papillon pour l&rsquo;autre &#8230; mais rien ne vaut une observation simultan\u00e9e des deux individus.<br>Pour vous aider voici des photos comparatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hirondelle de bourbon<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0510_yabalex.jpg\" alt=\"Hirondelle de bourbon\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0510_yabalex.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0510_yabalex-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0510_yabalex-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Salangane des Mascareignes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1989.jpg\" alt=\"Salangane des mascareignes\" class=\"wp-image-52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1989.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1989-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1989-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hirondelle de bourbon<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-50\" title=\"Hirondelle de bourbon - photo Yabalex\" src=\"http:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0487_yabalex.jpg\" alt=\"Hirondelle de bourbon - photo Yabalex\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0487_yabalex.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0487_yabalex-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_0487_yabalex-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br>Salangane des Mascareignes<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53\" title=\"Salangane - photo Yabalex\" src=\"http:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1998.jpg\" alt=\"Salangane\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1998.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1998-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/IMG_1998-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>L&rsquo;hirondelle se pose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"hirondelle de bourbon - Yabalex\" class=\"wp-image-2306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_0688.jpg\"><br><\/a>La salangane ne se pose pas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Salangane des mascareignes - Yabalex\" class=\"wp-image-2307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/YabalexIMG_1956.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarquez aussi la forme et la taille du bec<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u2019autres<a href=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/identifier-les-oiseaux\/\">&nbsp;oiseaux difficiles \u00e0 diff\u00e9rencier<\/a>&nbsp;sur cette page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t2X6l9VRoDs&amp;list=PLixuENO80mLkHEMLUA-0-OAZkyUc68r04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">vid\u00e9os sur les oiseaux<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La diff\u00e9rence morphologique entre l&rsquo;Hirondelle de Bourbon (Phedina borbonica) et la Salangane des Mascareignes (Aerodramus francicus) peut \u00eatre subtile, mais plusieurs caract\u00e9ristiques permettent de les diff\u00e9rencier, m\u00eame pour un novice. Vous avez des difficult\u00e9s a diff\u00e9rencier les 2 esp\u00e8ces ? Morphologie de l&rsquo;Hirondelle de Bourbon L&rsquo;Hirondelle de Bourbon mesure environ \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/hirondelles-ou-salanganes\/\">Lire la suite&#8230;<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[24,22,25,23],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-bourbon","tag-hirondelle","tag-masacareignes","tag-salangane"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4148,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/4148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faune-reunion.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}