The Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

Features

The barn swallow is a migratory bird from the swallow family, which can be recognized by their blue upper bodies, scissor-like tails and curly pointed wings.

Species	Bird
Living space	Field, Meadow, Swamp
Size	15 -20 cm
Weight	18 g

Description

The European subspecies are white or have slightly yellowish stomachs with a stripe on the back of their breasts while their throats and foreheads are blood red. When they expand their tails in flight, two white "windows" are visible on their lower sides. The genders are similar in color and shape. Males, on average, have only a slightly narrower and longer tail, which is difficult to see. The chicks have shorter and more blunt tails, with their foreheads and throats being a brownish color, and their back do not have a blue sheen. They often nest in farm houses, stables, rocks, under bridges, etc., where the pairs build cup-shaped nests made of sludge and reinforced with vegetable material. Birds nesting in Europe move to sub-Saharan Africa in the autumn, where they winter.