Swallow: Family of birds
The swallows and martins are a group of passerine birds in the family Hirundinidae.
These birds are adapted to aerial feeding. "Swallow" is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the barn swallow.
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| Family: | Hirundinidae Vigors, 1825 |
Within the swallow, the name "martin" tends to be used for the squarer-tailed species, and the name "swallow" for the more fork-tailed species. However, there is no scientific distinction between these two groups. The family contains around 83 species in 19 genera.
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