What is Barn swallow?
{{Taxobox | name = Barn swallow | status_system = iucn3.1 | image = Деревенская ласточка (Hirundo rustica), Мелихово.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = ''H. rustica'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Swallow|Hirundinidae]] | genus = ''[[Hirundo]]'' | binomial = ''Hirundo rustica'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758 | range_map = Hirundo rustica.png | range_map_width = 250px | range_map_caption =}} [[File:Hirundo rustica MHNT.jpg |thumb|'' Hirundo rustica '']] The '''barn swallow''' (''Hirundo rustica'') is the most widespread species of [[swallow]]. It can be found worldwide. This distinctive [[passerine]] [[bird]] has [[blue]] upperparts, a long, deeply forked [[tail]] and curved, pointed [[wing]]s. It lives everywhere except Australia. The bird is becoming less common in Europe.<ref>http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/518.pdf</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/barn-swallow-hirundo-rustica/text | title=Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - BirdLife species factsheet }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Passeri]] [[Category:National symbols of Austria]] [[Category:National symbols of Estonia]]