- 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
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
Gregarious, breeding colonially on buildings, under eaves and sometimes in cliffs. Nest of mud. Widespread and sometimes common, recent evidence of decline.
Bird Song
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