Hirundo rustica

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • 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

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: Anduriña común, 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
удмурт: гуртваёбыж
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
中文（繁體）: 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

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

In flight

Hannover, Germany
Langwied, Bavaria, Germany

Nests with juveniles

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

Eggs

Museum specimen
North American Subspecies
NA Subspecies
European Subspecies

Juveniles outside the nest

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

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

Japan

Taiwan

Thailand

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

Singapore

Location: Seletar Dam, Singapore 6th. June 2005

Hirundo rustica erythrogaster

Breeding North America; wintering South America

Sitting

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

In flight

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

Juveniles

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

Illustrations

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

Maps

Range map (all subspecies)

Distribution

Hirundo rustica

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