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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
Breeding
Gregarious, breeding colonially on buildings, under eaves and sometimes in cliffs. Nest of mud.
Vocalisation
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