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Barn Swallow

Barn Swallow - Adult

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Tejina (La Laguna), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» May, 2013

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Hirundo rustica - Barn Swallow

Bird Species (French)

»Hirondelle rustique

Bird Family

»Hirundinidae - Swallow, Martin

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Bird seen during a clear "influx" of the species in the Canaries, where it is found usually many months of the year, but especially during the spring and autumn migration. It has bred in Gran Canaria, but breeding in the archipelago is quite irregular.

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