| Common Name | Sea swallow |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Branch, G.M., C.L. Griffiths, M.L. Branch and L. Beckley, 2005 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | other animal |
| 1st Modifier | habitat/ecology |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'swallow', from Old English 'swealwe' meaning 'swallow'; from Proto-Indo-European '*swol-wi-' (source also of Polish 'slowik', meaning 'nightingale'). |