Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

The barn swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in Antarctica. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. In Anglophone Europe, it is just called the swallow; in northern Europe, it is the only member of family Hirundinidae called a "swallow" rather than a "martin".

Scientific name

Hirundo rustica

Family

Swallows

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Green