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Barn Swallow - (Hirundo rustica) Audio
Identification
- Small, slim songbird
- Blue-black back and top of head
- Red-brown throat, orangish belly
- Deeply forked tail
- Young has paler belly, shorter forked tail
- 6.75" (17 cm.)
Habitat
Additional Information
- Common migrant and summer resident
- Builds open-topped mud nests
- Nests on ledges of buildings, "
under bridges - Eats flying insects, often swooping
near the ground over open areas, including fields and parks
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