π¦Barn Swallow
The barn swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in Antarctica. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. In Anglophone Europe, it is just called the swallow; in northern Europe, it is the only member of family Hirundinidae called a "swallow" rather than a "martin".
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2019.
- Body mass
- 0.02 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 16 years
Everything we know about the Barn Swallow
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.02 kgAVONETOther figures βHide β
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- 0.02 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.07 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Wing length0.12 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Beak length0.01 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tarsus length0.01 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan16 yearsAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Gestation15 daysAnAgeDetails βHide β
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Litter sizeabout 6AnAgeDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails βHide β
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HabitatHuman ModifiedAVONETDetails βHide β
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LifestyleAerialAVONETDetails βHide β
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Barn Swallow yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassAves
- βΊorderPasseriformes
- βΊfamilyHirundinidae
- βΊgenusHirundo
- βΊspeciesHirundo rustica
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- orderPerching birds Β· Passeriformes
- familyHirundinidae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- orderPerching birds Β· Passeriformes
- familyHirundinidae
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