Species profile
Pacific swallow
Hirundo tahitica
Quick answer
Range H. t. frontalis Biak, Supiori, Numfor, Yapen. Status Resident. Widespread and locally common especially in coastal areas and around airport buildings and Kota Biak. Breeding 9 January 1997: nesting under roof of hotel at Marauw (SvB).
- Scientific name
- Hirundo tahitica
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Hirundo
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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- African Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- African River Martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina)
- Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis)
- Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
- Asian Plain Martin (Riparia chinensis)
- Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis)
- Banded Martin (Riparia cincta)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)