Bird / Hirundo rustica
Barn Swallow
Lowest risk
Migratory
The barn swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Anglophone Europe it is just called the swallow; in Northern Europe it is the only common species called a "swallow" rather than a "martin".
- Range elevation
- 3000 (high) m
- Range mass
- 17 to 20 g
- Range length
- 14.6 to 19.9 cm
- Range wingspan
- 31.8 to 34.3 cm
- Average basal metabolic rate
- 0.3158 W
- Breeding interval
- Barn Swallows usually produce 2 clutches per season, breeding seasons occur once each year.
- Breeding season
- Barn Swallows breed from May to August.
- Range eggs per season
- 3 to 7
- Average eggs per season
- 4
- Range time to hatching
- 13 to 15 days
- Average fledging age
- 20.50 days
- Range time to independence
- 2 (high) weeks
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 1 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 8 (high) years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 4 years
- Average lifespan
Status: wild - 106 months
- Range territory size
- 4 to 8 m^2
Roth, C. 2002. "Hirundo rustica" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hirundo_rustica/
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