Pacific Swallow
Hirundo javanica
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 6,366
- Most observed in
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements. This bird is associated with coasts, but is increasingly spreading to forested uplands. It was formerly treated as conspecific with hill swallow, the welcome swallow and the Tahiti swallow.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pacific swallow”.