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Pacific Swallow
Hirundinidae
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Hirundo tahitica
Basic stats
Range
Tropical southern Asia and the south Pacific, depending on the treatment
Size
13cm
The Pacific swallow is a small swallow 13 cm long, with a blue-black back and crown, browner wings and tail, a red face and throat and dusky underparts. One account treats the Tahiti swallow, found on Moorea and Tahiti in French Polynesia, as a separate species formerly considered conspecific with the Pacific swallow of tropical southern Asia, so lists that use the older, wider name refer to the Asian bird (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- Where is the Pacific Swallow found?
- Tropical southern Asia and the south Pacific, depending on the treatment
- How big is the Pacific Swallow?
- 13cm