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The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in Antarctica. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail.
The genus name is the Latin word for a swallow. [3] Linnaeus included eight species in the genus and of these William Swainson designated the barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) as the type species . [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The barn swallow and house martin now rarely use natural sites. The purple martin is also actively encouraged by people to nest around humans and elaborate nest boxes are erected. Enough artificial nesting sites have been created that the purple martin now seldom nests in natural cavities in the eastern part of its range.
English: A European Barn Swallow, also known as Hirundo rustica, pauses to rest on a fence post beside a freshwater lake on Lindisfarne Island. Македонски: Селска ластовичка ( Hirundo rustica ) се одмора на дирек крај езеро на островот Линдисфарн кај Англија.
The alternative genus Hirundo is the Latin word for "swallow". [7] Some authorities consider the West African swallow to be a subspecies of the red-rumped swallow. [8] Eight subspecies are recognised: [9] C. d. daurica (Laxmann, 1769) – northeast Kazakhstan and Mongolia to central south China
The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole Holarctic area, from Europe, across Asia to the Pacific Ocean, and throughout North ...
Delichon is a small genus of passerine birds that belongs to the swallow family and contains four species called house martins.These are chunky, bull-headed and short-tailed birds, blackish-blue above with a contrasting white rump, and with white or grey underparts.
The western house martin was originally a cliff and cave nester, and some cliff-nesting colonies still exist, with the nests built below an overhanging rock. It now largely uses human structures such as bridges and houses. Unlike the barn swallow, it uses the outside of inhabited buildings, rather than the inside of barns or stables.