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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rusticaLinnaeus, 1758

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
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.

  1. Jan
  2. Feb
  3. Mar
  4. Apr
  5. May
  6. Jun
  7. Jul
  8. Aug
  9. Sep
  10. Oct
  11. Nov
  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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