Bird / Hirundo rustica

Barn Swallow

LC

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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