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  2. Barn swallow - Wikipedia

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    This genus of blue-backed swallows is sometimes called the "barn swallows". [14] [7] The Oxford English Dictionary dates the English common name "barn swallow" to 1851, [15] though an earlier instance of the collocation in an English-language context is in Gilbert White's popular book The Natural History of Selborne, originally published in 1789:

  3. Swallow - Wikipedia

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    Amongst the barn swallows, the male of the American subspecies helps (to a small extent), whereas the European subspecies does not. Even in species where the male does not incubate the eggs, he may sit on them when the female is away to reduce heat loss (this is different from incubation as that involves warming the eggs, not just stopping heat ...

  4. Tree swallow - Wikipedia

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    Tree swallow Adult in Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae Genus: Tachycineta Species: T. bicolor Binomial name Tachycineta bicolor (Vieillot, 1808) Range of T. bicolor Breeding summer visitor Migration ...

  5. It’s a ‘big year for wasps’ in California. Here’s why and how ...

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    They tend to be less conspicuous than the social (wasps) do,” Kimsey said, adding that they are “good to have around” to eat other bugs such as caterpillars. There are roughly 300 species of ...

  6. Cliff swallow - Wikipedia

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    The cliff swallow's average body length is 13 cm (5.1 in), and they have short legs and small bills with relatively long pointed wings. [5] [6] Adult cliff swallows have an overall dark brownish plumage covering both their back and wings, and they have a characteristic white forehead, rich red-coloured cheeks with a dark throat, basic white underparts and a buffy-coloured rump.

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  9. Violet-green swallow - Wikipedia

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    Breeding between violet-green swallows and both tree and barn swallows has been recorded on separate occasions, but resulting offspring were not observed. In 2000, the strange plumage of a swallow seen in British Columbia, Canada, suggested the possible successful hybridization of a violet-green and a cliff swallow. [8]