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Pacific Swallow


Pacific Swallow
Información de la foto
Copyright: Ang Hwee Yong (Meerkat) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 17 W: 0 N: 614] (3221)
Género: Animals
Medio: Color
Tomada el: 2009-10-03
Categorías: Birds
Cámara: Nikon D300, Tamron SP AF200-500mm f5-6.3 Di LD
Exposición: f/6.3, 1/2000 segundos
More Photo Info: [view]
Versión de la foto: Versión original
Fecha enviada: 2009-10-26 3:35
Vista: 122
Puntos: 3
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Pacific Swallow
Size: 14 cm

Description:
Distinguished from the Barn Swallow by its uniformly dusky under-parts and shorter, less forked tail.

Voice:
A high-pitched chattering twit, twit.

Habits:
Found mainly near the coast and around nearby marshes; in the wet tropics also found for inland and in the mountains. During winter, it mixed with migratory Barn Swallows when feeding, but it not a communal roosting sites. The nest is built with mud pellets, under a cliff overhang or man-made structure, often a bridge or a dam.

Distribution:
A common resident breeder throughout the island.


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Beautifull picture and great moment to capture this birds.Verry good photo.Congratulations.Alin.

Excellent Timing! Bravo

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