- The
barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most
widespread species of
swallow in the world,
occurring on all continents, with
vagrants reported even in...
- have a
distinctive appearance. The term "
swallow" is used
colloquially in
Europe as a
synonym for the
barn swallow.
Around 90
species of
Hirundinidae are...
-
widespread Palaeoarctic swallows such as the
barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), sand
martin (Riparia riparia) or red-rumped
swallow (Cecropis daurica). In...
-
swallows are
similar in body
plumage colouring to the
related barn swallow species but lack the
characteristic fork-shaped tail of the
barn swallow prominent...
- its family,
starting towards the end of March, just in
advance of the
barn swallow. In
northern Ohio, they
arrive in
numbers by mid-April,
about 10 days...
-
Hirundinidae (
swallows and martins). The
genus name is
Latin for a
swallow.
These are the
typical swallows,
including the
widespread barn swallow. Many of...
-
Hirundo nigrorufa Barn swallow,
Hirundo rustica (range
extends beyond Africa, this is also the
European swallow) Wire-tailed
swallow,
Hirundo smithii smithii...
-
swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird,
superficially similar to the
barn swallow or
house martin but
somewhat larger,
though not
stemming from
those p****erine...
- Apodiformes). They have blue
upperparts and
dusky underparts. They
resemble barn swallows, but are
darker below and have pale or
reddish rumps, face and neck...
- with that of
wintering barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), but the
latter is
readily separable by its blue
breast band.
Welcome swallows readily breed close...