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Pacific Swallow

Hirundo tahitica

Photo by SeanWeekly
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Field Notes

Description:

Pacific Swallows eat insects, catching them during flight. To feast on swarming insects, they may join other birds like Swifts. They perch and wait, then actually chase after individual prey and perform aerial acrobatics to catch them.

Habitat:

Common along coasts, in towns and open country, rarely over forest.

Notes:

Spotted this guy perched on a water measuring post in Singapore Quarry

Species ID Suggestions

Welcome Swallow

Hirundo neoxena

Reference Link
Stian Waaler
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Comments (6)
SeanWeekly
Thank you Atul, all updated I think this is the Pacific Swallow.
Atul
nice one Sean!!
Stian Waaler
It could be pacific swallow, they are very similar to the welcome swallow, barn swallow
SeanWeekly
Do these birds Migrate then? As I read they are native to Australia... Could this be the pacific swallow?

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