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Swallows

Hirundi tahitica & rustica

Description:

Top left is a Pacific Swallow and top wire right is a Barn Swallow, the others its difficult to tell. Pacific has red forehead, chin & throat and no dark band on the throat, Barn has blue across the head to the bill, red throat then dark band. Adult Summer Barn has long outer tail feathers, but much shorter in winter. Both have white breast and belly although Pacific breast is faintly streaked sometimes, while very pronounced at other times.

Habitat:

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Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Feb 1, 2013
Submitted on Apr 1, 2013

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