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Welcome swallow

Hirundo neoxena

Photo by Christiane
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Field Notes

Description:

The Welcome Swallow is metallic blue-black above, light grey below on the breast and belly, and rust on the forehead, throat and upper breast. It has a long forked tail, with a row of white spots on the individual feathers. The outer tail feathers (streamers) are slightly shorter in the female. Young Welcome Swallows are buffy white, instead of rusty, on the forehead and throat, and have shorter tail streamers.

Species ID Suggestions

Welcome swallow

Hirundo neoxena

Comments (1)

Thanks DanielePralong.. It was fun to watch this 2 playing with the feather.. Never seen this before.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2015

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