Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Identification Tips:
- Tiny bill
- Dark orange forehead and throat
- Pale orange underparts
- Dark, iridiscent upperparts
- Long, deeply forked tail
- Juvenile similar to adult but paler underneath with a shorter tail
- Most often seen flying
- Will nest communally in mud nests under bridges, in barns and caves, etc
Similar species:
The Barn Swallow can be told from all swallows by its deeply forked tail.