Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Synonyms: Касатка
Family Hirundinidae. Order Passeriformes.
Photo: Dion Art / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Description
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.
Traits
- Residency
- migratory
- Diet
- insects (in flight)
- Game species
- no
♪ Bird call
Recording: Borja Marcos
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Photographs
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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