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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow
Andreas Trepte (Wikimedia Commons) · CC-BY-SA-2.5

Landsvalen, også kaldet forstuesvalen, er en svaleart. Den er 16-22 centimeter, er en elegant flyver og adskiller sig fra de andre danske svalearter med sin røde pande og strube og sit sorte brystbånd.

Field marks

Slim swallow, steel blue-black above with a rufous forehead and throat, a blue-black breast band and pale underparts. The deeply forked tail ends in long, thin streamers with white spots.

Can be confused with

  • Common House Martin — House Martin has a white rump and pure white underparts, lacking the Barn Swallow’s red throat and long streamers, and builds a closed nest outside under the eaves.
  • Common Swift — Common Swift is uniformly blackish-brown below as well, with scythe-shaped wings and screaming calls — and never perches on wires.

Voice

The call is a "witt" or "witt-witt"; a sharp "siflitt" at danger. The song is a lively twitter.

Facts

Wingspan

32 cm

Conservation status

ikke truet

Family

swallows and martins

Hirundinidae

Read more

This is a short overview for the quiz. For the full account, go to the sources:

  • Danmarks Fugle at the Danish Ornithological Society (in Danish)
  • Wikipedia (in Danish)The description above is from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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