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Wire-tailed swallow

Hirundo smithii

Photo by Harsha Singh
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Field Notes

Description:

Wire-tailed Swallow breeds in Africa south of the Sahara and in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to southeast Asia. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter.

Habitat:

Banks of river Ganga in the foothills of Shivalik.

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Wire-tailed Swallow

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Harsha Singh
They were perched high from where I could see them. Hence this pose. :)

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