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Species
Least Concernwire-tailed swallow
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyHirundinidae
Observations4,612
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 12.7
- Image
- Wire-tailed Swallow-9630.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hirundo smithii
- taxon name
- Hirundo smithii
- Commons gallery
- Hirundo smithii
- wingspan
- 0.282
- litter size
- 3.2
- egg incubation period
- 14
- taxon common name
- andorinha-cauda-de-arame
- short name
- H. smithii
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Article
The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter. The genus name Hirundo is the Latin word for swallow. The species name smithii commemorates Christen Smith, a Norwegian botanist and geologist.
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Hirundinidae
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passerines
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Mascarene Martin
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Banded martin
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Brazza's Martin
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India
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Africa
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Asia
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Pakistan
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Kenya
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Namibia
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