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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica · Family Hirundinidae
Hirundo rustica
Family Hirundinidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 17,513,609
- Countries and territories with records
- 227
About this species
This species has 17,513,609 occurrence records from 227 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (44%), Spain (7.8%), Canada (5.8%), Sweden (4.4%) and France (3.4%); together they account for 65.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.69% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Hirundo rustica combines the genus name Hirundo with the species epithet rustica. The Warbla app catalog lists 16 species of the genus Hirundo; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Hirundo neoxena, Hirundo javanica and Hirundo smithii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 83 species of the family Hirundinidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 29.2 times the family average (600,011). The family Hirundinidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.