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RED-RUMPED SWALLOW

Hirundo daurica

Photo by ChimeTsetan
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Field Notes

Notes:

my guess is red-rumped swift ???

Species ID Suggestions

Streak-throated Swallow

Petrochelidon fluvicola
Atul
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Comments (7)
ChimeTsetan
Darwinist :) thanks alot. Your clarification as well as the link is a great straight forward identification tool. Even i felt the same. i just typed swift for swallow. my bad. lol. but Atul thanks for the effort. the difference of head patch really missed us or we missed them.. .
Darwinist
i think you may have been right that it is the red-rumped swift.The streak-throated has the chestnut color covering the entire top of the head, while the red-rumped is black on top with chestnut only around the eyes (which seems to coincide with your photo. I'm not an expert, it's just an observation. :) this link may help: http://m.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Hirundo+daurica
Atul
welcome you have a fantastic collection of spottings
annorion
reminds me of a swallow as well...

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PublishedSeptember 9, 2011

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