- The
barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most
widespread species of
swallow in the world,
occurring on all continents, with
vagrants reported even in...
- ****ual adornment,
since the tail is
frequently longer in males. In
barn swallows, the tail of the male is 18%
longer than
those of the female, and females...
-
considered a
subspecies of the
closely resembling barn swallow. However, the
adult red-chested
swallow differs in
being slightly smaller than its migratory...
-
swallows are
similar in body
plumage colouring to the
related barn swallow species but lack the
characteristic fork-shaped tail of the
barn swallow prominent...
- the
related swallows and the
unrelated swifts (order Apodiformes). They have blue
upperparts and
dusky underparts. They
resemble barn swallows, but are darker...
-
widespread Palaeoarctic swallows such as the
barn swallow (Hirundo rustica), sand
martin (Riparia riparia) or red-rumped
swallow (Cecropis daurica). In...
-
arriving from the
middle of March, a w**** or two in
advance of the
barn swallow. In
northern Ohio, they
arrive in
numbers by mid-April,
about 10 days...
-
Hirundinidae (
swallows and martins). The
genus name is
Latin for a
swallow.
These are the
typical swallows,
including the
widespread barn swallow. Many of...
-
unlike many
swallows,
which tend to be colonial. The wire-tailed
swallow is a
member of the
genus Hirundo, a
cosmopolitan group of "
barn swallows". It has...
- It
differs from the
barn swallow and the
closely related welcome swallow in its
shorter and less
forked tail. The
Pacific swallow builds a neat cup-shaped...
