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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica · Hirundinidae
🐦 Bird286 regionsCommon in Alberta
Vulnerable · SARA, Canada
Where it's found
Every region with Barn Swallow in its dex, with the tier and number it has there.
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Field notes
What to look for
A glossy blue swallow with a rusty throat, buff belly and a deeply forked tail with long streamers.
Where
Barns, bridges, culverts and eaves everywhere.
When
May to September.
Tips
The only swallow with a long forked tail.
Related species
Birds near it in Alberta's dex.
🐦Tree Swallow
#190 · Common🐦Cliff Swallow
#192 · Common🐦Lapland Longspur
#189 · Uncommon🐦Sand Martin
#193 · Uncommon🐦Eastern Kingbird
#194 · Common🐦Snow Bunting
#188 · Uncommon
#190 · Common🐦Cliff Swallow
#192 · Common🐦Lapland Longspur
#189 · Uncommon🐦Sand Martin
#193 · Uncommon🐦Eastern Kingbird
#194 · Common🐦Snow Bunting
#188 · Uncommon
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