The Red-chested Swallow lives in tropical Africa and catches insects in flight. Compared with similar swallows, it has a narrower breast band and larger white panels in the tail.
Like similar swallows, it has a breast band, but the blue-black band is narrow and may be incomplete. Larger white panels show in the tail.
It mainly catches insects in the air. It uses moist savanna, open urban areas, and places near freshwater, and is sedentary rather than migratory.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.