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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

About Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Chordates
  • Class: Birds
  • Order: Perching Birds
  • Family: Swallows

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".

Source: Wikipedia

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