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Barn swallow at the moment when its beak touches the water to have a drink in Bagmati River, Nepal A reflection flight of barn swallow. The barn swallow has an enormous range, with an estimated global extent of about 250,000,000 km 2 (97,000,000 sq mi) and a population of 190 million
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 western house martin flies with a wing beat averaging 5.3 beats per second, which is faster than the wing beat of 4.4 beats per second for the barn swallow, [12] but the flight speed of 11 m/s (36 ft/s) is typical for hirundines. [13] The western house martin is a noisy species, especially at its breeding colonies.
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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.
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The eastern red-rumped swallow was formally described in 1769 by the Finnish-Swedish clergyman, explorer and natural scientist Erik Laxmann as Hirundo daurica, [2] using a specimen from Mount Schlangen, near Zmeinogorsk, Russia. [3] [4] It is now placed in the genus Cecropis created by German scientist Friedrich Boie in 1826. [5]
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