Swallow / Martin ID - Nov 2024 - Pune, India (1 Viewer)

[wingsnwilds]

Got only couple of pics of this individual.
Was able to identify red-rumped swallows flying around this individual. This one seemed different.
Seen near a wetland in Pune.
Possible to ID from these pics?

 

[Southern Viking]

The pale vent rules out Red-rumped. Not sure what the other options are? Asian House Martin?

 

[wingsnwilds]

The pale vent rules out Red-rumped. Not sure what the other options are? Asian House Martin?

Asian House Martins are seen sometimes around this time.
So yes, that is a possibility.

 

[njlarsen]

According to the field guide, the only other swallow/martin with white underside which is in range is wire-tailed which does not really fit: compare

ML615927197 - White-tailed Swallow - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML615927197; © Anonymous; Oromia, Ethiopia

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Asian house seems to have a rather shallow fork in the tail

ML205783241 - Asian House-Martin - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML205783241; © Khaleb Yordan; Jawa Barat, Jawa, Indonesia

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Western House seems to be able to show this kind of fork, and is seemingly occurring regularly at a similar distance as with Asian House

ML205004071 - Western House-Martin - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML205004071; © Éric Francois Roualet; Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

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Niels