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
Hirundo neoxena risdon
Copulating welcome swallows
Chicks the day after fledging
Parents (left) and three chicks
Swallow
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The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine songbirds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feed
Welcome swallow
…The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) 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 century. It is very similar to…
Pied winged swallow
The bill of the sand martin is typical for the family, being short and wide.
The lesser striped swallow is a partial migrant within Africa.
A northern rough-winged swallow photographed in central Maine, the northeastern limit of the species' breeding range.