- The bird
genus Hirundo is a
group of p****erines in the
family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The
genus name is
Latin for a swallow.
These are the...
- The barn
swallow (
Hirundo rustica) is the most
widespread species of
swallow in the world,
occurring on all continents, with
vagrants reported even in...
- The
common tern (Sterna
hirundo) is a
seabird in the
family Laridae. This bird has a cir****polar distribution, its four
subspecies breeding in temperate...
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distinctive appearance. The term "swallow" is used as the
common name for
Hirundo rustica in the UK and Ireland.
Around 90
species of
Hirundinidae are known...
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Genus Hirundo open-cup
nesting swallows:
Ethiopian swallow,
Hirundo aethiopica White-throated swallow,
Hirundo albigularis Angola swallow,
Hirundo angolensis...
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Macroglossum hirundo is a moth of the
family Sphingidae. It is
known from the Cook Islands, Fiji, the
Society Islands,
Australia (the
Northern Territory...
- Finnish-Swedish clergyman,
explorer and
natural scientist Erik
Laxmann as
Hirundo daurica,
using a
specimen from
Mount Schlangen, near Zmeinogorsk, Russia...
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Pteria hirundo is a
species of
bivalve belonging to the
family Pteriidae. The
species is
found in Europe,
Africa and the Americas.
Right and left valve...
- The
Pacific swallow (
Hirundo javanica) is a
small p****erine bird in the
swallow family Hirundinidae. It
breeds in
tropical southern Asia and the islands...
- by the
Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck under the
binomial name
Hirundo rufula. The
specific epithet is from
Latin rufulus meaning "reddish". The...
