Hirundo rustica  Linnaeus, 1758

Barn Swallow
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Hirundo
Species: rustica
  • Common names: Barn Swallow
  • Thai names: นกนางแอ่นบ้าน
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Hirundo rustica rustica: Europe, w Asia and n Africa; >sub-Saharan Africa and s Asia
    Hirundo rustica transitiva: Lebanon, Syria, Israel and w Jordan
    Hirundo rustica savignii: Egyptian delta (south to Luxor)
    Hirundo rustica gutturalis: E Himalayas to ne Myanmar, Japan, Korea; >n Australia
    Hirundo rustica [saturata or mandschurica]: Northeast China; >SE Asia
    Hirundo rustica tytleri: S Siberia to n Inner Mongolia; >India and SE Asia
    Hirundo rustica erythrogaster: breeds from southeastern Alaska and Canada south to southern Mexico; winters from Mexico south to southern South America (Tierra del Fuego. Recently (ca 1980) also colonized northeastern Argentina, where breeding range continues to expand
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population decreasing. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Chanthaburi (Khao Soi Dao N.P.)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Hirundo rustica from Thailand.
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Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica gutteralis (Linnaeus, 1758) Khao Soi Dao N.P. Chanthaburi Thailand January
References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 13 July 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2019. Hirundo rustica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T22712252A137668645. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22712252A137668645.en. Downloaded on 13 July 2020.
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​​[3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ on 03 August 2020.