Hirundo rustica

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Infraclassis: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Superfamilia: Sylvioidea • Familia: Hirundinidae • Genus: Hirundo • Species: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

 Vernacular names

English: Barn Swallow · Afrikaans: Europese swael · Bahasa Indonesia: Layang-layang Asia · Bahasa Melayu: Burung Layang-layang Hijrah · Bân-lâm-gú: Ìⁿ-á · Brezhoneg: Gwennili · Български: Селска лястовица · Català: Oreneta comuna · Česky: Vlaštovka obecná · Cymraeg: Gwennol · Dansk: Landsvale · Deutsch: Rauchschwalbe · Eesti: Suitsupääsuke · Español: Golondrina común · Esperanto: Domhirundo · Euskara: Enara · Français: Hirondelle rustique · Frysk: Boereswel · Galego: Andoriña · 한국어: 제비 · Lietuvių: Šelmeninė kregždė · Magyar: Füsti fecske · Nederlands: Boerenzwaluw · 日本語: ツバメ（燕） · ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬: Låvesvale · Occitan: Ironda · Polski: Jaskółka dymówka · Português: Andorinha-das-chaminés · Русский: Деревенская ласточка · Sámegiella: Suorrespálfu · Slovenčina: Lastovička obyčajná · Suomi: Haarapääsky · Svenska: Ladusvala · Türkçe: Kır kırlangıcı · Žemaitėška: Blezdinga · 中文: 家燕 ·

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Hirundo rustica

• ITIS link: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

• IUCN link: Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 (Least Concern)

Hirundo rustica rustica

Breeding Europe, western Asia; wintering Africa

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East asian subspecies

Breeding eastern Asia; wintering southern Asia, northern Australasia.

There is considerable disagreement, which subspecies are valid and which are not. Possible mentioned subspecies: H. r. tytleri, H. r. gutturalis, H. r. saturata, H. r. kamtschatica, H. r. mandschurica

Japan

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Sri Lanka

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  Seen at the top of Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Elevation 400m

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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

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  Range map
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Source

• E.C. Dickinson & R.W.R.J. Dekker: Systematic notes on Asian birds. 13. A preliminary review of the Hirundinidae. Zool. Verh. Leiden 335 (2001)