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Wire tail swallow

Hirundo smithii

Description:

The wire tailed swallow closely resembles it's relative the barn swallow, except for the thin wire-like feathers on its tail, which is what I thought I'd taken a picture of until I examined the photos more closely

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KarenSaxton
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KarenSaxton

Mbombela Local Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Spotted on Dec 21, 2013
Submitted on Feb 23, 2014

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