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Pacific swallow
Hirundo javanica · Family Hirundinidae
Hirundo javanica
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 427,099
- Countries and territories with records
- 26
About this species
This species has 427,099 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (63.5%), Malaysia (10.9%), Singapore (6.4%), Indonesia (5.8%) and the Philippines (5.4%); together they account for 92.1% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 1.3% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Hirundo javanica combines the genus name Hirundo with the species epithet javanica. The Warbla app catalog lists 16 species of the genus Hirundo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Hirundo rustica, Hirundo neoxena and Hirundo smithii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species ranks 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Hirundo rustica. Its record count is 71.2% of the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.