Pacific Swallow
Hirundo tahitica - Hirondelle de Tahiti
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Hirundo
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Species:
tahitica
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 13 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 11 à 15 g
Geographic range
Identification
Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 7 subspecies
- Hirundo tahitica tahitica (Society Is.)
- Hirundo tahitica javanica (s Myanmar to s Vietnam east to the Philippines and s to the Moluccas and the Sundas)
- Hirundo tahitica namiyei (Ryukyu Is. and Taiwan)
- Hirundo tahitica frontalis (n and w New Guinea)
- Hirundo tahitica albescens (s and e New Guinea)
- Hirundo tahitica ambiens (New Britain. Bismarck Arch..)
- Hirundo tahitica subfusca (New Ireland. Bismarck Arch.. through the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu to Fiji and Tonga)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle de Tahiti,
- Golondrina de Tahití,
- andorinha-do-pacífico,
- Tahitischwalbe,
- déltengeri fecske,
- Zuidzeezwaluw,
- Rondine del Pacifico,
- kustsvala,
- Kystsvale,
- lastovička tichomorská,
- vlaštovka rezavohrdlá,
- Stillehavssvale,
- tyynenmerenpääsky,
- oreneta del Pacífic,
- jaskółka pacyficzna,
- dienvidjūru bezdelīga,
- Коричневогорлая (настоящая) ласточка,
- Layang-layang batu,
- リュウキュウツバメ,
- 洋斑燕,
- นกนางแอ่นแปซิฟิค,
- 洋燕,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline, Sandy Shoreline and/or Beaches, Sand Bars, Spits, Etc, Shingle and/or Pebble Shoreline and/or Beaches, Tidepools ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Urban Areas
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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