jeb.biologists.org Kirsty J. Park1,*, Mikael Rosén2 and Anders Hedenström2 1 Department of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK and 2 Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden *Author for correspondence (e-mail: k.j.park@stir.ac.uk) Accepted May 14, 2001 Two barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) flying in the Lund wind tunnel were filmed […]
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Hirundo
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The bird genus Hirundo is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). These are the typical swallows, including the widespread Barn Swallow. Many of this group have blue backs, red on the face and sometimes the rump or nape, and whitish or rufous underparts.
All of the species are found in the Old World, although one, the Barn Swallow, is cosmopolitan, also occurring in the Americas.
Genetic evidence has recently shown that many of the species previously included in Hirundo are less closely related than their appearance might suggest; these species are now treated in the separate genera Cecropis (e.g. Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica, previously Hirundo daurica) and Petrochelidon (e.g. Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, previously Hirundo pyrrhonota); they are as distinct from typical Hirundo as the House Martins in the genus Delichon.
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Nest -Building Minnows
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By Carol E. Johnston
Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, Illinois
reprinted from American Currents, Feb. 1989
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Tree Swallow :Nesting Mating Feeding Habits
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The Tree Swallow leaves its wintering grounds along the seacoast from the Carolinas to California to begin its season of mating and nesting habits.
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Putting Your Eggs in Someone Else's Basket
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Cliff Swallows are colonial — that is, they nest in colonies, sometimes numbering in the thousands of birds. In many ways the members of a colony appear to display remarkable social cohesiveness. They work together to mob predators and will even learn from each other where the good food sources are. But if you look closely at a Cliff Swallow colony, you’ll see that this seemingly cooperative community also harbors its share of dastardly misbehavior.
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Rapid change in nest size of a bird related to change in a secondary sexual character
beheco.oxfordjournals.org Anders Pape Møller Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, CNRS UMR 7103, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Bât. A, 7ème étage, 7 quai St. Bernard, Case 237, F-75252 Paris Cedex 05, France Address correspondence to A.P. Møller. E-mail: amoller@snv.jussieu.fr. Among bird species in which males contribute to nest building, sexual selection has favored larger nests. I […]
BARN SWALLOWS DO FEMALE BARN SWALLOWS CHOOSE LONG TAILS?
merlejacobs.com Møller (1) found that experimental lengthening the tail of barn swallow males led to earlier mating and therefore an increase in offspring. Since he observed no significant differences in intensity of male-male aggressive encounters among males at the nesting sites he attributed the early mating solely to female choice. This released a flood of […]
Hirundo rustica(barn swallow)
By Tanya Dewey Information Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae Genus: Hirundo Species: Hirun Barn swallows are native in all the biogeographic regions except Australia and Antarctica. The breeding range of barn swallows includes North America, northern Europe, northcentral Asia, northern Africa, the Middle East, southern China, and Japan. […]
Swifts,Swallows catch flies(and other thing)at Ball park
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Rob Lee
Whether the Giants are winning games in big fistfuls, or can’t produce as much offense as a foul-mouthed grandmother, there’s always a good reason to go to their ballpark. I’m not talking about the starlings foraging in the outfield grass, or the hordes of Western gulls that begin gathering faithfully during the seventh-inning stretch (although the best seats for my proposed entertainment are in the upper deck, with the gulls).
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Composition and Structure of Barn Swallow Nests
oas.ucok.edu Eric Whelan Abstract Barn swallows, Hirundo rustica, are small migratory birds found almost anywhere. They stay in Oklahoma for nine months at a time and migrate to the south. They have two broods a breeding season. Their nests are made of soil, plants and other materials available to them. The objectives of my research […]