Hirundo rustica

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Sylvioidea • Familia: Hirundinidae • Genus: Hirundo • Species: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Wikispecies has an entry on:

Hirundo rustica

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Barn Swallow']

• English: Barn Swallow, European Swallow, Swallow, barn swallow
• Afrikaans: Europese Swael
• العربية: خطاف المخازن
• مصرى: خطاف المخازن
• অসমীয়া: চাতক
• azərbaycanca: Kənd qaranquşu
• башҡортса: Ҡара ҡарлуғас
• Basa Bali: Sesapi
• žemaitėška: Blezdinga
• беларуская: Вясковая ластаўка
• беларуская (тарашкевіца): вясковая ластаўка
• български: Селска лястовица
• বাংলা: পাতি আবাবিল
• brezhoneg: Gwennili-siminal
• bosanski: Lastavica
• català: oreneta comuna
• čeština: vlaštovka obecná
• kaszëbsczi: Liwkòwnica
• чӑвашла: Ял чĕкеçĕ
• Cymraeg: gwennol
• dansk: Landsvale
• Deutsch: Rauchschwalbe
• Ελληνικά: Σταβλοχελίδονο
• Esperanto: Kamphirundo, Domhirundo
• español: Golondrina Común, Golondrina tijerita, Golondrina común
• eesti: suitsupääsuke
• euskara: Enara arrunt
• estremeñu: Andorina
• فارسی: پرستوی خانگی
• suomi: haarapääsky
• føroyskt: Svala
• français: Hirondelle rustique, Hirondelle de cheminée
• Nordfriisk: Hüsswaalk
• Frysk: Boereswel
• Gaeilge: Fáinleog
• Gàidhlig: Gobhlan gaoithe
• galego: Andoriña
• Gaelg: Gollan geayee
• עברית: סנונית הרפתות
• hrvatski: lastavica
• magyar: füsti fecske
• հայերեն: Գյուղական ծիծեռնակ
• Bahasa Indonesia: Layang-layang api, Layang-layang Asia
• Igbo: Barn Swallow
• íslenska: Landsvala
• italiano: Rondine
• 日本語: ツバメ（燕）
• Jawa: Walèt lumbung
• ქართული: მერცხლისებრნი
• адыгэбзэ: ПцӀащхъуэ
• қазақша: Қыстау қарлығашы
• 한국어: 제비
• kernowek: Gwennol
• Lëtzebuergesch: Stallschmuewel
• Ligure: Rundanin-a
• lietuvių: šelmeninė kregždė, Šelmeninė kregždė
• latviešu: bezdelīga
• македонски: Селска ластовичка
• മലയാളം: വയൽക്കോതി കത്രിക
• मराठी: माळभिंगरी
• кырык мары: Сола цӹгӓк
• Bahasa Melayu: Burung Sualo Api, Burung Layang-layang Hijrah
• မြန်မာဘာသာ: မိုးဆွေငှက်
• эрзянь: Цянав
• Nāhuatl: Cuicuitzcatl
• 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Ìⁿ-á
• norsk bokmål: Låvesvale
• नेपाली: घर गौँथली
• Nederlands: Boerenzwaluw, boerenzwaluw
• norsk nynorsk: Låvesvale
• norsk: Låvesvale
• Diné bizaad: Tó wónaanídę́ę́ʼ táshchozhii
• occitan: Ironda
• livvinkarjala: Pihapiäčköi
• Papiamentu: Souchi
• polski: Jaskółka dymówka
• پښتو: توتکۍ
• português: andorinha-de-bando, andorinha-das-chaminés
• Rumagnôl: rundanéna
• română: Rândunică
• русский: Деревенская ласточка
• русиньскый: Ластівка дымниця
• саха тыла: Кылыс хараҥаччыта
• sardu: Rundine
• sicilianu: rìnnina
• davvisámegiella: Suorrespálfu
• žemaitėška: Blezdinga
• Simple English: Barn swallow
• slovenčina: lastovička obyčajná
• slovenščina: kmečka lastovka
• åarjelsaemien: laaroe-svaala
• anarâškielâ: syerispáálváš
• nuõrttsääʹmǩiõll: sueʹrr-spaalvâž
• српски / srpski: Сеоска ласта
• svenska: ladusvala
• தமிழ்: தகைவிலான்
• ไทย: นกนางแอ่นบ้าน
• Tagalog: Layang-layang ng kamalig
• Türkçe: Kır kırlangıcı
• татарча / tatarça: Кара карлыгач
• українська: ластівка сільська
• vèneto: Rondinèa
• Tiếng Việt: Nhạn bụng trắng
• võro: Laudapääsläne
• walon: Oronde di ståve
• 吴语: 家燕
• მარგალური: მაჭირხოლიშობურეფი
• 粵語: 家燕
• 中文: 家燕
• 中文（中国大陆）: 家燕
• 中文（简体）: 家燕
• Bân-lâm-gú: Ìⁿ-á
• 中文（臺灣）: 家燕

• IUCN: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 (old web site) (Least Concern)

Hirundo rustica rustica

Breeding Europe, western Asia; wintering Africa, SW Asia

Perched

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  Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Wesenberg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Chemnitz, Germany
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  Chemnitz, Germany
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  Bygholm Vejle, Denmark
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  Lithuania
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  Heiligenhafen, Germany
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  Veszprém, Hungary
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  Dasiūnai, Kaunas district, Lithuania
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  Lausitz, Germany
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  Devon, England
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  Kaliakra, Bulgaria
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  Kaliakra, Bulgaria
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  Lednický areál, Czech Republic
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  Vilnius, Lithuania
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  Vilnius, Lithuania
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  Vilnius, Lithuania
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  Kursiu nerija, Lithuania
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  Two young; Poland
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  Young, Białowieża, Polska, 06.2006
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  Lithuania
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  København, Denmark
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  Tellin, Belgium
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  Netherlands
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  Vogtland, Germany
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  ID composite

In flight

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  Hannover, Germany
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  Langwied, Bavaria, Germany
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Nests with juveniles

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  Saint-Pierre-le-Moutier, Nièvre, France
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  Ojerslust, Willeskop, Netherlands
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  Losar de la Vera, Cáceres, Spain
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  Poland
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  East Linton, East Lothian, Scotland
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  Fehmarn, Germany
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  Amrum, Germany
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  Galicia, Spain
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  Bohonal de Ibor, Spain
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  Podmoli, Czech republic

Eggs

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    Museum specimen
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  North American Subspecies
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  NA Subspecies
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  European Subspecies

Juveniles outside the nest

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  Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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  Cambridgeshire, England
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  Feeding juveniles; Gubbeen, County Cork, Ireland
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  Cronskamp, Nordwestmecklenburg, Germany

East Asian subspecies

Breeding eastern Asia; wintering southern Asia, northern Australasia. Three subspecies are accepted (IOC archive copy at the Wayback Machine, H. r. tytleri (breeds south-central Siberia, Mongolia), H. r. gutturalis (breeds temperate eastern Asia), and H. r. saturata (breeds eastern Siberia), with much mixing on the southern Asian wintering grounds, where individuals are rarely identifiable to subspecies.

India, Sri Lanka

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  Kolleru, Andhra Pradesh, India
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  Top of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Elevation 400m
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  Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
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  Uttarakhand, India
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  Hyderabad, India
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  Hyderabad, India
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  Kolkata, India

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Taiwan

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Thailand

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  Phuket Island, Thailand 28th. August 2007
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  Bueng Boraphet, Phra Non, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Singapore

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  Location: Seletar Dam, Singapore 6th. June 2005

Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Breeding North America; wintering South America

Sitting

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  Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge
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  Baskett Slough NWR
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  Baskett Slough NWR
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  Baskett Slough NWR
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  Baskett Slough NWR
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  Baskett Slough NWR
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  Baskett Slough NWR
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  Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
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  Nisqually NWR
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Oso Flaco Lake, California
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  Santa Barbara, California
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  Juanita, Washington
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  Bluffer's Park, Toronto
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  Los Osos, California
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  Ontario, Canada
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  Point Pelee National Park, Ontario
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  Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

In flight

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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  Chicago
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  Chicago
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Juveniles

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  Mississippi,USA
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  MS,USA
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  MS,USA
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  MS,USA
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  Nisqually NWR
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  Nisqually NWR
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  George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Delta, British Columbia
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  Massachusetts
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  Kent, Washington
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  Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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  Toronto, Canada
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  Toronto, Canada
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  Young with adult, California

Illustrations

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  Hirundo rustica
  (common:
  Barn Swallow)
  Plate 24,
  No. 1. in:
  Birdcraft,
  1897
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  Hirundo rustica
  (common:
  Barn Swallow)
  Plate 3 ,
  No. 4. in:
  A Manual of Bird Study

Maps

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  Range map (all subspecies)
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Distribution