Summary
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The Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Anglophone Europe it is just called the Swallow; in Northern Europe it is the only common species called a "swallow" rather than a "martin".
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- (c) Jörg Hempel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Hirundo_rustica_LC0200.jpg/460px-Hirundo_rustica_LC0200.jpg
- (c) Jose Sousa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND),
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsousa/1569951972/
- (c) Ferran Pestaña, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ferranp/2356234998/
- (c) Ian White, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND),
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ian_white/5410305035/
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA),
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirundo_rustica
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