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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Medium swallow with glittering blue-black upperparts, red-brown forehead, chin and throat. Dark blue-black breast band, belly is white to orange. Tail is deeply forked with long outer streamers. Black legs and feet. It is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow in the world.

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard.

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