Hirundo rustica (Barn Swallow)
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758
14-17 cm. Upperparts glossy metallic blue, forehead and throat rufous chestnut, blue-black band between the throat and breast; remaining underparts cinnamon cream or buff. Tail long and deeply forked, with white spots in the middle. The juvenile has a tawny forehead and throat instead of chestnut…
