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| − | [[Image:Northern_House_Martin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Raydes <br/>Photographed: Petra | + | [[Image:Northern_House_Martin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Raydes|Raydes}} <br/>Photographed: Petra, Lesvos, [[Greece]]]] |
'''Alternative names: House Martin; Common House Martin''' | '''Alternative names: House Martin; Common House Martin''' | ||
;[[:Category:Delichon|Delichon]] urbicum | ;[[:Category:Delichon|Delichon]] urbicum | ||
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*White throat, breast, flanks and undertail | *White throat, breast, flanks and undertail | ||
*Axillaries are brownish-grey | *Axillaries are brownish-grey | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Image:House M IMG 5774ao.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|IanF|IanF}}<br />July, [[Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park]], Billingham, [[Cleveland]], [[UK]]]] | ||
| + | Widespread and sometimes common, recent evidence of decline. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Gregarious, breeding colonially on buildings, under eaves and sometimes in cliffs. Nest of mud | + | Gregarious, breeding colonially on buildings, under eaves and sometimes in cliffs. Nest of mud. |
| − | == | + | ====Vocalisation==== |
<flashmp3>Delichon urbica (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | <flashmp3>Delichon urbica (song).mp3</flashmp3><br /> | ||
''[[Media:Delichon urbica (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ''[[Media:Delichon urbica (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]'' | ||
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Alternative names: House Martin; Common House Martin
- Delichon urbicum
Delichon urbica
Identification
- Blue black upperparts with a dark blue sheen
- White rump
- Longest upper tail coverts are wholly black or are only pale at the bases
- White throat, breast, flanks and undertail
- Axillaries are brownish-grey
Distribution
Widespread and sometimes common, recent evidence of decline.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
Gregarious, breeding colonially on buildings, under eaves and sometimes in cliffs. Nest of mud.
Vocalisation
<flashmp3>Delichon urbica (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
