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Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica(Laxmann, 1769)

Native
Order
PASSERIFORMES
Commonness
Common
Best seen
Year-round

01 · Identification

How to tell it apart

The eastern red-rumped swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is found in open, often hilly, areas with clearings and cultivation across Southeast Asia to north-eastern India and Taiwan.

Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

02 · Where

Where to find it

Breeding range
PAL, OR : widespread

03 · When

When to look

Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.

  1. Jan
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  12. Dec

05 · Behaviour

Habits and haunts

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