Reference photo — MPF, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
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Common House Martin
Delichon urbicum
Moderate
Least concern
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Size
- 13–15 cm (length)
- Weight
- 15–23 g
- Diet
- Insectivore
- Lifespan
- 2–5 yrs
- Habitat
- Towns, Villages, Farmland, Cliffs
About
The western house martin, sometimes called the common house martin, northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and west-central Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and southwestern Asia. It feeds on insects which are caught in flight, and it migrates to climates where flying insects are plentiful.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.