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Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow.jpg

Hirundo tahitica  Gmelin, JF, 1789

Pacific Swallow

Home > Birds​ > Hirundo tahitica
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Hirundo
Species: tahitica

  • Common names: Pacific Swallow, Tahiti Swallow
  • Thai names: นกนางแอ่นแปซิฟิค
  • Distribution: ​​(by ssp.) [1] [3]
    Hirundo tahitica tahitica: Society Islands (Moorea and Tahiti)
    Hirundo tahitica javanica: Andamans and Myanmar to Indochina, Sundas, Wallacea, Philippines
    Hirundo tahitica namiyei: Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan
    Hirundo tahitica frontalis: N and w New Guinea
    Hirundo tahitica ambiens: New Britain (Bismarck Archipelago)
    Hirundo tahitica subfusca: New Ireland to Solomons, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji and Tonga
    Hirundo tahitica albescens: S and e New Guinea
  • IUCN Red List: Least Concern. Population unknown. ​[2]
  • Image locations: Phatthalung (Khuan Khanun)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations

Images of Hirundo tahitica from Thailand.
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Pacific swallow Hirundo tahitica (Gmelin, 1789) Khuan Khanun, Phatthalung, February 2015

References: 
​[1] Avibase - accessed 14 July 2020.

[2] BirdLife International. 2017. Hirundo tahitica (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T104006414A112879446. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T104006414A112879446.en. Downloaded on 14 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.
Please note that individual species identifications do not necessarily represent the opinion of all contributors.

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