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WELCOME SWALLOW FACTS |
Description
The Welcome Swallow is blue-black above, light grey underparts and rusty-red on forehead, throat and upper breast. It has a long forked tail
Size
15cm
Habitat
common in many habitats, except dry interior and heavy forest
Food
insects caught in flight
Breeding
The nest is an open cup of mud and grass attached to rock wall or building. Lays 3-5 eggs
Range
widespread in Australia. Less common in far north.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Passeriformes | | Family: | Hirundinidae | | Genus: | Hirundo | | Species: | neoxena | | Common Name: | Welcome Swallow |
Relatives in same Genus
Barn Swallow (H. rustica)
Pacific Swallow (H. tahitica)
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