Descendants of migratory barn swallows may have gradually stopped making long journeys and settled permanently in Manipur’s Imphal Valley, a new study suggests.
About Barn Swallow:
It is a migratory passerine bird species.
Scientific Name: Hirundo rustica
Habitat and Distribution:
It is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow species in the world.
It breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere and winters in much of the Southern Hemisphere.
It can be found in open habitats from fields, parks, and roadway edges to marshes, meadows, ponds, and coastal waters.
Features:
They are small to medium songbirds with long, pointed wings.
They grow to between 5.5 and 7 inches in length with a wingspan of 12.5 to 13.5 inches.
Barn swallow adult upperparts are dark iridescent blue-black, and the tail is long and forked,with white spots visible when the tail is spread during flight.
Underparts are buff or cinnamon with a dark chestnut throat.
The lighter belly is separated from the throat by a narrow blue-black band.
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