Typical Swallows
Hirundo
The bird genus Hirundo is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus name is the Latin for a swallow. These are the typical swallows, including the widespread barn swallow. Many of this group have blue backs, red on the face and sometimes the rump or nape, and whitish or rufous underparts. With fourteen species this genus is the largest in its family.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Barn Swallow
speciesHirundo rustica
Welcome Swallow
speciesHirundo neoxena
Pacific Swallow
speciesHirundo javanica
Wire-tailed Swallow
speciesHirundo smithii
White-throated Swallow
speciesHirundo albigularis
Pearl-breasted Swallow
speciesHirundo dimidiata
Ethiopian Swallow
speciesHirundo aethiopica
Red-chested Swallow
speciesHirundo lucida
Hill Swallow
speciesHirundo domicola
Angola Swallow
speciesHirundo angolensis
White-throated Blue Swallow
speciesHirundo nigrita
Blue Swallow
speciesHirundo atrocaerulea
Tahiti Swallow
speciesHirundo tahitica
Pied-winged Swallow
speciesHirundo leucosoma
White-tailed Swallow
speciesHirundo megaensis
Black-and-rufous Swallow
speciesHirundo nigrorufa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Athanasii Kircheri... Magnes sive de arte magnetica
Kircher, Athanasius · 1643 · p.761
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.404
History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.403
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.730
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.714
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.569
Historiae Animalium Liber III: De Avium Natura
Conrad Gesner · 1555 · p.586
Athanasii Kircheri Societatis Jesu Magnes sive de arte magnetica opus tripartium quo universa magnetis natura, eiusque in omnibus scientiis & artibus usus, nova medthodo explicatur, ac praeterae e viribus & prodigiosis effectibus magneticarum, aliarumque abditarum naturae motionum in elementis, lapidibus, plantis, animalibus, elucescentium, multa hucusque incognita natureae arcana, per physica, medica, chymica, & mathematica omnis generis experimenta recluduntur
Kircher, Athanasius · 1654 · p.559
De Indiae utriusque re naturali et medica
Willem Piso · 1658 · p.480
Noah's Ark
Athanasius Kircher · 1675 · p.139
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.31
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.281
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 11880.