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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==== | ====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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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Delichon+urbica}} | {{GSearch|Delichon+urbica}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Delichon]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Delichon]] [[Category:Bird Songs]] | ||
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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
<flashmp3>Delichon urbica (song).mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program
