Pacific swallow
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The Pacific swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasona
Pacific swallow Danum Valley
At Misamis Oriental, Philippines
Perched
In flight
Welcome swallow
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The welcome swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that is native to Australia and nearby islands. It has self-introduced into New Zealand in the middle of the twentieth
Pacific swallow
…This bird is associated with coasts, but is increasingly spreading to forested uplands. It was formerly treated as conspecific with hill swallow, the welcome swallow and the Tahiti swallow. The Pacific swallow was formally described and illustrated in 1789 by the Swedish naturalist Anders Sparrman based on a specimen…
Hirundo neoxena risdon
Copulating welcome swallows
Chicks the day after fledging
Parents (left) and three chicks