Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
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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
Lifelists
Trips
- Africa: Eastern and Southern
- Africa: Egypt and Ethiopia
- Alaska 2010
- Antarctica and Argentina
- Around The World in 66 Days
- Banff and Jasper
- Chicago
- China Solar Eclipse
- Colombia - Santa Marta
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- India
- Indonesia
- Indonesia
- Japan
- Kenya Solar Eclipse
- Lesser Antilles
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Mexico, Nayarit
- Mexico to Panama
- Mexico, Veracruz
- Morocco
- Moving the Car
- Newfoundland
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Queen Charlotte Islands
- San Francisco 2007
- Siberia
- Southeast Arizona
- Spain
- Svalbard, Canary Islands, and Spain
- Tanzania
- Texas
- Turkey
- Uganda and stops between
Visits
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2004-06-20
Gwaai Haanas National Park, Canada -
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2006-03-25
Goksu Delta, Turkey -
2006-03-27
Anamurium, Turkey -
2006-03-29
Side, Turkey -
2007-03-17
Tire Beach, United States of America -
2007-04-07
Torrey Pines State Reserve, United States of America -
2007-06-14
Cape May National Wildlife Refuge - Deleware Bay, United States of AmericaNear headquarters. -
2007-07-18
Nelson Lake Forest Preserve, United States of America -
2007-10-10
La Mancha, Mexico -
2008-01-07
La Tovara, Mexico -
2008-07-16
Listvyanka, Russia -
2008-08-05
Lake Teletskoye, Russia -
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2009-02-17
Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone, NicaraguaThousands of them seen in fields from the bus window. -
2009-02-18
Parque National Palo Verde, Costa Rica -
2009-03-18
Mogue, Panama -
2009-03-19
Punta Patino, Panama -
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2009-05-08
Burnidge Forest Preserve, United States of America -
2009-07-13
Victoria Peak, Hong Kong -
2009-07-15
Hong Kong Wetland Park, Hong Kong -
2010-02-21
Lerma Marshes, Mexico -
2010-04-18
Point Reyes National Seashore, United States of America -
2010-06-11
Petersburg - Wrangell Narrows, United States of America -
2011-01-01
Cairo, Egypt -
2011-01-02
Cairo, Egypt -
2011-01-06
Lake Awasa, Ethiopia -
2011-01-07
Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia -
2011-05-29
Del Puerto Canyon and Mines Road, United States of America -
2012-05-20
Pyramid Lake, United States of America -
2012-05-31
Flight 93 Memorial, United States of America -
2012-06-01
Higgins Lake, United States of America -
2012-06-25
Bernal Hill, United States of America -
2012-07-08
Necedah NWR, United States of America -
2012-07-09
Sax-Zim Bog, United States of America -
2012-07-09
Tamarack Lake, United States of America -
2012-07-10
Bluestem Prairie, United States of America -
2012-07-10
Arrowwood NWR, United States of America -
2012-07-12
Yellowstone National Park, United States of America -
2012-08-12
Coyote Point County Park--harbor and marsh, United States of America -
2012-09-09
Coachella Valley Preserve, United States of America -
2013-01-23
Ta Nung Village, Vietnam -
2013-01-24
Nam Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam -
2013-01-29
Kratie, Cambodia -
2013-02-01
Ang Trapeang Thmor, Cambodia -
2013-02-02
Pak Thale, Thailand -
2013-02-10
Khao Yai National Park, Thailand -
2013-02-14
Kaziranga NP, India -
2013-03-17
Lake Merced , United States of America -
2013-04-15
Balcones Canyonlands NWR--Refuge HQ (Travis Co.), United States of America -
2013-04-16
Aransas NWR (CTC 037) (Aransas Co.), United States of America -
2013-04-17
Brazoria NWR (UTC 108), United States of America -
2013-04-18
Galveston Island, United States of America -
2013-04-19
Bolivar Peninsula, United States of America -
2013-04-20
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge, United States of America -
2013-08-05
Heron's Head Park, United States of America -
2013-10-27
Kitale, Kenya -
2013-10-28
Mount Elgon National Park, Kenya -
2013-10-31
Saiwa Swamp National Park, Kenya -
2013-11-01
Kalokol, Kenya -
2013-11-02
Central Island National Park, Kenya -
2013-11-03
Sibiloi National Park, Kenya -
2013-11-05
Kainuk, Kenya -
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2014-03-08
Tule Elk State Reserve, United States of America -
2014-03-22
Baker Beach, United States of America -
2014-04-05
Cosumnes River Preserve, United States of America -
2014-04-06
Delta Meadows State Park, United States of America -
2014-05-09
Rodeo, United States of America -
2014-05-10
Pinery Canyon Rd. (grasslands section only), United States of America -
2014-08-23
MacKerricher SP, United States of America -
2014-12-26
Ocean Beach, United States of America -
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