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Barn Swallow / Hirundo rustica LC
- Synonyms Swallow, Eurasian Swallow, Common swallow, European Swallow, House Swallow, Rustic Swallow, European chimney Swallow
- Old latin name for bird Chelidon erythrogastra, Chelidon procne, Hirundo erythrogaster
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Related species
Black-and-rufous Swallow
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Blue Swallow
Pacific Swallow
Tahiti Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hill Swallow
White-tailed Swallow
Where to see Barn Swallow
- Breeding region Worldwide
- Breeding subregion Eurasia and North America
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Christmas Island
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guam
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- Mayotte
- Mexico
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Réunion
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Martin (French part)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Virgin Islands (British)
- Virgin Islands (U.S.)
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Åland Islands
Barn Swallow subspecies (8)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirundo rustica erythrogaster | Alaska, Canada and the USA to s Mexico | to Argentina | No |
| Hirundo rustica gutturalis | e Himalayas to Korean Pen. and Japan, e, s China and Taiwan | to se Asia, Philippines, New Guinea and n coastal Australia | No |
| Hirundo rustica mandschurica | ne China | to se Asia? | No |
| Hirundo rustica rustica | Europe, w, c Asia and n Africa | to Africa and s Asia | No |
| Hirundo rustica saturata | e Siberia | to se Asia and Philippines | No |
| Hirundo rustica savignii | Egypt | - | No |
| Hirundo rustica transitiva | Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan | - | No |
| Hirundo rustica tytleri | sc Siberia | to s, se Asia | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аҚыҭатә аЖӘүыс |
| Afrikaans | Swaeltjie, Europese Swael |
| Albanian | Dallëndyshe, Dallëndyshja koqekut, Dallëndyshe bishtgërshërë, dallëndyshja |
| Arabic | السنونو, سنونو شائع, الرقيعي, الخطاف الرقيعي, الخطاف |
| Armenian | Գյուղական Ծիծեռնակ, [Gyughakan Tzitzernak ] |
| Azerbaijani | Kənd qaraquşu, adi kəndqaranquşu, Kənd qaranquşu |
| Bashkir | ауыл ҡарлуғасы |
| Basque | enara, Enara arrunt, Enara arrunta, Oreneta vulgar, Enara (arrunt) |
| Belarusian | Вясковая ластаўка, łastaŭka, ластаука, Сельская ластаўка, Ластаўка вясковая |
| Bengali | পাতি আবাবিল |
| Breton | Gwennili, Gwennol, gwennili-siminal, Wennilienn, Ar simenelig |
| Bulgarian | Селска лястовица, selska ljastovica |
| Catalan | Oroneta vulgar, oreneta comuna, Oreneta vulgar, Parpallò, oreneta, Oronella |
| Chinese | 家燕, 拙燕, [zhuo-yan], 家 燕, 燕子, [yanzi], [jia-yan] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 家燕, 拙燕, 燕子 |
| Chuvash | Ял чĕкеçĕ |
| Cornish | gwennel, Gwennol |
| Cree | mistshasgosees, mîcaskosîs |
| Croatian | Lastavica pokućarka, lastavica |
| Czech | vlaštovka obecná, vlaštovka |
| Danish | svale, Landsvale |
| Dutch | Boerenzwaluw, Boeren Zwaluw, zwaluw |
| Esperanto | hirundo, kamphirundo |
| Estonian | suitsupääsuke |
| Faroese | svala |
| Finnish | pääskynen, haarapääsky |
| French | hirondelle, Hirondelle rustique, Hirondelle de cheminée, Hirondelle des granges |
| Frisian | swel, boereswel, Boeresweal |
| Galician | Oreneta vulgar, Andoriña, Anduriña común, andoriña común |
| Georgian | სოფლის მერცხალი |
| German | Rauchschwalbe, Rauschschwalbe, Schwalbe |
| Greek | chelidoni, σταβλοχελίδονο, [Chelidoni], Σταβλοχελίδοvο, Χελιδόνι |
| Guarani | Mbyju'i jetapa, Mbyju'i-jetapa |
| Hebrew | סנונית רפתות |
| Hungarian | füsti fecske, Füstifecske |
| Icelandic | svala, Landsvala |
| Indonesian | Layang-layang Asia, Layanglayang Asia, Layang-layang api, [Layang-layang Asia], Burung Layang-layang Api |
| Inuktitut | Tulugarnaq |
| Irish | fáinleog, andoriña |
| Italian | Rondine, Rondine comune |
| Japanese | ツバメ |
| Kazakh | Қыстау қарлығашы, ауыл қарлығашы, қосреңді қарлығаш |
| Korean | 제비 |
| Latvian | bezdeliga, Mājas bezdelīga, bezdelīga |
| Lithuanian | Kregždė giesmininkė (lucida), Šelmenine kregžde, Blezdinga, kregždė, šelmeninė kregždė, Kregždė giesmininkė |
| Luxembourgish | Stallschmuewel, Schaaschtechschmuewel |
| Macedonian | ластовица, lastovica, Селска ластовица, селска ластовичка |
| Malay | Burung Sualo Api, Burung Layang-layang, Layang-Layang Hijrah, Burung Layang-Layang Hijrah, Burung Layang-Layang Pekan |
| Malayalam | വയല്്ക്കോതി കത്രികപ്പക്ഷി, വയൽക്കോതിക്കത്രിക |
| Maltese | Huttafa, ħuttafiet, ħuttaf, îuttafa, ħuttafa |
| Manx | gollan geayee |
| Marathi | माळ भिंगरी |
| Mongolian | хараацай, гэрийн хараацай, Асрын алтанхараацай, Асрын хараацай, цагаан элэгт хараацай |
| Nepali | घर गाÄथली |
| Northern Sami | Spálfu, suorrespálfu, láhtospálfu |
| Norwegian | Saksesvale, låvesvale, Ladesvale, Sulu, svale |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Låvesvale |
| Occitan | ironda |
| Ojibwa | ᔕᔕᐊᐧᓂᐱᓯ |
| Persian | پرستوی خانگی, پرستوی معمولی |
| Polish | Jaskółka dymówka, Brzegówka, Dymówka amerykańska, dymówka, jaskółka |
| Portuguese | andorinha-de-bando / andorinha-das-chaminés, andorinha das chaminés, andorinha-de-pescoço-vermelho, Andorinha-de-bando, andorinha-da-chaminé, andorinha, Andorinha-do-barranco, andorinha-das-chaminés, Andorinha-das-chamin, Andorinha-da-chamine |
| Romanian | lăstun, lastun, pitsagoy rindilashka, Rândunică, rândunică |
| Romansh | Randulina stgira, randulina |
| Russian | Деревенская ласточка (касатка), Деревенская ласточка, ласточка-касатка, Касатка, Ласточка деревенская, ласточка, Derevenskaya Lastochka, ласточка-касаточка, lastočka, Ласточка-касатка, Деревенская ласточка |
| Sardinian | arrůndine, Arrůndini, puzone de santa lughia, mongixedda, pilloni de santa luxia, arrùndine |
| Serbian | Сеоска ласта, ласта, Seoska lasta, lasta |
| Shona | Nyenganyenga |
| Slovak | lastovička obyčajná, lastovička domová, lastovička |
| Slovenian | kmečka lastovka, kmecka lastovka, lastovka |
| Spanish | golondrina, Golondrina Riberena, Golondrina común, Golondrina bermeja, Golondrina del Norte, Golondrina zapadora, Golondrna tijereta rojiza, Golondrina ribereña, Golondrina Cola de Tijera, Golondrina de Horquilla, Golondrina tijerita, Golondrina Tijereta, Golondrina Ranchera, Golondrina Comun |
| Swahili | Mbayuwayu wa Ulaya |
| Swedish | ladusvala, svala |
| Tamil | தகைவிலான் |
| Tatar | авыл карлыгачы |
| Thai | นกนางแอ่นบ้าน |
| Tsonga | Nyengha |
| Tswana | Pêolwane |
| Turkish | Kır Kırlangıcı, Kırlangıç, kyr kyrlangycy, Қыстау қарлығашы |
| Turkmen | oba garlawajy, kır kırlangıcı |
| Ukrainian | Сільска ластівка, ластівка, ластівка сільська, Сільська ластівка, lastivka, Ластівка сільська |
| Uzbek | қишлоқ қалдирғочи |
| Vietnamese | Nhạn bụng hung, Nhạn bụng trắng, Chim Nhạn bụng trắng |
| Welsh | Gwenfol, gwennol |
| Xhosa | Inkonjane |
| Zulu | iNkonjane |