Barn swallow

The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow. It can be found worldwide.

Barn swallow
H. rustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Hirundo
Binomial name
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Hirundo rustica

This distinctive passerine bird has blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It lives everywhere except Australia.

The bird is becoming less common in Europe.

Barn Swallow Media

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  Reported range from observations submitted to eBird shows the migration pattern of the species     Year-round range     Summer range     Winter range

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  Holotype of Chelidon rustica transitiva Hartert (NML-VZ T2057) held at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool

• A European Barn Swallow pauses to rest on a fence post beside a freshwater lake on Lindisfarne.

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  H. r. erythrogaster resting on a twig in Washington State, US

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  H. r. rustica juveniles

• The movement of two swallows in slow motion

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  Juvenile Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) in the nest. Porto Covo, Portugal

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  Hirundorustica

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  A juvenile swallow on a red brick in Sussex