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Photo by Ragna
Photographed: Extremadura Spain

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Hirundo rupestris

[edit] Identification

14-15cm.

• Brown above
• Dusky below

[edit] Distribution

Widely distributed from Europe to Asia, Arabia and India.

[edit] Taxonomy

Previously in genus Hirundo.
Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Mountains.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.

Its nest is built from mud and is placed under overhanging cliffs; 3-5 eggs are laid.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links