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Welcome swallow

Hirundo neoxena

1 Species ID Suggestions

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena Welcome Swallow | BirdLife Australia


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4 Comments

ThomasCaelifera
ThomasCaelifera 8 years ago

Thanks, guys!

You can discount Barn Swallow as that does not have red extending onto the breast, it stops at a dark band on the throat. Not visible in this picture but it also has very long tail streamers unless it is a first year or has just moulted..
You can also discount Pacific Swallow as that is not normally found anywhere in Australia. A few very rare vagrants have been recorded in the extreme north of Queensland but that is all.
Welcome it is!

InêsVeloso
InêsVeloso 8 years ago

I think it's Hirundo neoxena. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 8 years ago

Looks like a swallow to me.

ThomasCaelifera
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ThomasCaelifera

Spotted on Dec 28, 2015
Submitted on Dec 28, 2015

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