Barn Swallow

Latin Name: 
Hirundo rustica
Size: 
18cm
Description: 

Bright blue and red long-tailed swallow; upperparts deep glossy blue, with bluish brown wings; chestnutred forehead and throat, with blueblack breast band below; underparts highly variable, depending on race – from white to rufous; long, deeply forked tail, with row of broad white subterminal spots and tail streamers; distinguished from other swallows by dark breast band; in flight, by unbroken dark upperparts, except for forehead; gregarious; often huge flocks in passage; communal rooster; skilled flier; hawks insects low over ground, water.

Habitat: 
Near cultivation, habitation, water.
Food: 
Winged insects.
Distribution: 
Pakistan to Myanmar
Call: 
Call Description: 
Soft vhit vhit; twittering song.