Pacific Swallow

Hirundo tahitica - Hirondelle de Tahiti

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Hirundo

  • Species
    :

    tahitica

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 13 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 11 à 15 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle de Tahiti
adult plum. breeding
Hirondelle de Tahiti
adult

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,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle de Tahiti
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle de Tahiti
adult

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

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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