BARN SWALLOW

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 647)           BARN SWALLOW               Hirundo rustica

CAMBODIA                 6

The most widespread species of swallow in the world. Ranges across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. There are six subspecies of Barn Swallow, which breed in the northern hemisphere. Four of these species migrate heavily wintering in much of the southern hemisphere, including as far south as central Argentina, the Cape Province in South Africa and northern Australia. A bird of open country but uses man-made structures to breed in. National bird of Austria and Estonia. 17-19 cm.