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Hirundo rustica

(Barn Swallow)

Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Barn Swallow

Common Names in French:

Hirondelle Rustique

Common Names in Spanish:

Golondrina Tijereta

Description

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Physical Description

Adult Female: Face : Forehead: rujsty Neck: Throat : dark rusty brown Body: Breast: white with dark bluish black band Upperparts: dark iridescent blue-black Tail: blackish with white spots Shape : deeply forked.

Size/Age/Growth

About 6.75 to 7.5 inches long, with a wingspan of 12.5 to 13.5 inches. Adults weigh about 0.6 ounces .

Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, pastures and agricultural lands, northern temperate grasslands, arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub • Maximum Elevation: 2,700 meters • Foraging Strata: Aerial • Center of Abundance: Upper subtropical: higher slopes, 500-1,600 m.; subtropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbancet: Low

Ecology: List of Habitats : 4.4 Grassland - Temperate 14.1 Artificial/Terrestrial - Arable Land 14.2 Artificial/Terrestrial - Pastureland 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Biology

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Diet

Exclusively: Insects

Reproduction

Nests from mid-April to late June in buildings and under bridges .

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

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Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

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Cliff Swallow, Cave Swallow

Members of the genus Hirundo

There are approximately 145 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

H. abyssinica (Lesser Striped-Swallow) · H. abyssinica bannermani · H. abyssinica puella · H. abyssinica unitatis · H. aethiopica (Ethiopian Swallow) · H. aethiopica aethiopica (Ethiopian Swallow) · H. albicollis · H. albigularis (White-Throated Swallow) · H. albiventris · H. andecola (Andean Swallow) · H. angolensis (Angola Swallow) · H. angolensis arcticincta · H. apus · H. arcticincta · H. ariel (Fairy Martin) · H. atrocaerulea (Blue Swallow) · H. brevirostris · H. cahirica · H. caudacuta · H. christyi · H. cincta · H. concolor (Dusky Crag-Martin) · H. cucullata (Greater Striped-Swallow) · H. daurica (Red-Rumped Swallow) · H. daurica daurica (Red-Rumped Swallow) · H. daurica emini · H. daurica erythropygia · H. daurica gephyra · H. daurica hyperythra · H. daurica japonica · H. daurica melanocrissus · H. daurica nipalensis · H. daurica rufula · H. dimidiata (Pearl-Breasted Swallow) · H. dimidiata dimidiata (Pearl-Breasted Swallow) · H. dimidiata marwitzi · H. domicella · H. domicola (Hill Swallow) · H. emini · H. erythogaster · H. erythropygia · H. esculenta · H. euchrysea · H. filifera · H. fluvicola (Streak-Throated Swallow) · H. francica · H. francisca · H. fuliginosa (Dusky Cliff Swallow) · H. fuligula (African Rock Swallow) · H. fuligula fusciventris · H. fuligula pusilla · H. fuligula rufigula · H. fulva (Cave Swallow) · H. fulva cavicola · H. fulva fulva (Cave Swallow) · H. fulva pallida · H. fulva pelodoma · H. fuscicapilla · H. gordoni · H. griseopyga (Gray-Rumped Swallow) · H. griseopyga griseopyga · H. griseopyga melbina · H. hyperythra · H. inornata · H. javanica · H. jewan · H. klecho · H. leucosoma (Pied-Winged Swallow) · H. lucida (Red-Chested Swallow) · H. lucida lucida (Red-Chested Swallow) · H. lucida rothschildi · H. lunifrons · H. megaensis (White-Tailed Swallow) · H. melanocrissa · H. melanocrissus · H. melba · H. minuta · H. monteiri · H. neoxena (Welcome Swallow) · H. neoxena carteri · H. neoxena neoxena (Welcome Swallow) · H. neumanni · H. nigricans (Tree Martin) · H. nigricans nigricans (Tree Martin) · H. nigrita (White-Throated Blue Swallow) · H. nigrorufa (Black-And-Rufous Swallow) · H. nipalensis · H. obsoleta (Pale Crag-Martin) · H. pacifica · H. paludicola · H. perdita (Red Sea Cliff-Swallow) · H. preussi (Preuss' Cliff Swallow) · H. pristoptera · H. puella · H. puella unitatis · H. pyrrhonota (Rocky Mountain Swallow) · H. pyrrhonota pyrrhonota (Rocky Mountain Swallow) · H. pyrrhonota tachina · H. riparia · H. rufigula (Red-Throated Cliff Swallow)

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Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:

Identifiers

Last Revised: 2009-06-19