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Hirundo neoxena
metallic blue-black above, light grey below on the breast and belly, and rust on the forehead, throat and upper breast. It has a long forked tail, with a row of white spots on the individual feathers. The outer tail feathers (streamers) are slightly shorter in the female.
Coastal area ...this pair had a mud nest under the stairwell of the lighthouse.
Spotted on Oct 18, 2014
Submitted on Oct 18, 2014
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These are such lovely little birds. There a pair here of a morning and in the late afternoon swooping after flying insects. Had a mud nest for 4 years in our tin shed. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/273... Although they seem to have found a new nesting spot near by.