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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Classification

Class
Aves

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. 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".

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 399,399United Kingdom · 319,065France · 186,957Netherlands · 182,592Germany · 113,480Italy · 32,376Luxembourg · 25,177Belgium · 18,611Switzerland · 14,269Peru · 5,942Brazil