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Swallows
Swallows are superficially like swifts, but the wings are not so long and crescentic, and the flight is different. They are largely aerial, hawking for insects with characteristic swooping flight. They roost commonly along electricity and telegraph wires in downtown areas. (Derek Holmes & Stephen Nash, The Birds of Sumatra and Kalimantan, 1990)

Photographed Species

Scientific Name

Common Name

Link
(Hirunda rustica) Barn SwallowImage
(Hirunda tahitica) Pacific SwallowImage
(Riparia riparia) Sand Martin Image

(Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow		 (Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow		 (Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow		 (Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow juvenile
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow juvenile		 (Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow juvenile
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow juvenile		 (Hirunda rustica tyleri/saturata) Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica tyleri/saturata)
Barn Swallow		 (Hirunda rustica gutturalis) Barn Swallow
(Hirunda rustica gutturalis)
Barn Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow		 (Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow		 (Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow		 (Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow		 (Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow		 (Hirunda tahitica) Pacific Swallow
(Hirunda tahitica)
Pacific Swallow		 (Riparia riparia) Sand Martin
(Riparia riparia)
Sand Martin
(Riparia riparia) Sand Martin
(Riparia riparia)
Sand Martin		 (Riparia riparia) Sand Martin
(Riparia riparia)
Sand Martin

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Don17-Dec-2013 21:14
Excellent gallery. I'm intrigued by the Pacific Swallow with white on its head and in its wings.
danad17-Dec-2013 15:18
Superb images all along. V.
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