BirdUp · Species
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLinnaeus, 1758
Native
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Hirundo
- Commonness
- Very common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The barn swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in Antarctica. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. In Anglophone Europe, it is just called the swallow; in northern Europe, it is the only member of family Hirundinidae called a "swallow" rather than a "martin".
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Worldwide : Eurasia and North America
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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