Pacific Swallow

Common name: Pacific swallow

Binomial name: Hirundo tahitica

Description: 13cm small passerine swallow bird. It has a blue- black back with dark wings and forked tail, a brown forehead and throat, and dusky underparts.

Call: Twittering song “twsit-twsit-twsit”; also a “titswee”.

Diet: Small insects

Habitat: Occurring over nearly all natural habitats except for tall primary forests, especially coastal regions

Native countries: Southeast Asia and the south Pacific islands

IUCN Conservation Red List: Least concern

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  2019. 10. 24 Pacific Swallow (Pulau Ubin, Singapore)

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  2019. 10. 24 Pacific Swallow (Pulau Ubin, Singapore)

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  2019. 8. 14 Pacific Swallow (Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore)

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Images were taken at:

• Pulau Ubin, Singapore
• Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore