LOCAL NAMES

• Athu Wahilihiniya, අටු වැහිළිහිණියා, শস্যাগার সোয়ালো, खलिहान निगल के बा, Hirondelle rustique, Rauchschwalbe, Boerenzwaluw, Χελιδόνι αχυρώνα, Trago de granero, Kır kırlangıcı, खलिहान निगल, Rondine di fienile, ಬಾರ್ನ್ ಸ್ವಾಲೋ, धान्याचे कोठार गिळणे, ਬਾਰਨ ਨਿਗਲ, Деревенская ласточка, கொட்டகை விழுங்கு, బార్న్ స్వాలో, بارن نگلنا, سنونو الحظيرة, টেলটুপী, পাতি আবাবিল, શિયાળુ તારોડીયુ, ಕವಲುತೋಕೆ, വയൽക്കോതി കത്രിക, माळभिंगरी, घर गौंथली, golondrina común, தகைவிலான், தகைவிலாங் குருவி
• Afrikaans Europese Swael
• Albanian Dallëndyshe bishtgërshërë
• Arabic سنونو شائع
• Armenian Գյուղական ծիծեռնակ
• Assamese তেলটুপি
• Asturian Andarina común
• Azerbaijani Kənd qaranquşu
• Bangla আবাবিল
• Basque Enara arrunta
• Bulgarian Селска лястовица
• Catalan Oreneta comuna
• Chinese 家燕
• Chinese (SIM) 家燕
• Croatian lastavica
• Czech vlaštovka obecná
• Danish Landsvale
• Dutch Boerenzwaluw
• English Barn Swallow
• English (United States) Barn Swallow
• Faroese Løðusvala
• Finnish haarapääsky
• French Hirondelle rustique
• French (French Guiana) Hirondelle rustique
• Galician Anduriña común
• German Rauchschwalbe
• Greek Σταβλοχελίδονο
• Gujarati શિયાળુ તારોડિયું
• Haitian Creole (Haiti) Irondèl Ke Long
• Hebrew סנונית רפתות
• Hindi सामान्य अबाबील
• Hungarian Füsti fecske
• Icelandic Landsvala
• Indonesian Layang-layang asia
• Italian Rondine
• Japanese ツバメ
• Korean 제비
• Latvian Bezdelīga
• Lithuanian Šelmeninė kregždė
• Malayalam വയൽക്കോതിക്കത്രിക
• Marathi माळ भिंगरी
• Mongolian Асрын хараацай
• Norwegian låvesvale
• Odia ଟାଙ୍ଗିଆ ଚଢ଼େଇ
• Persian پرستوی معمولی
• Polish dymówka
• Portuguese (Angola) Andorinha-das-chaminés
• Portuguese (Brazil) andorinha-de-bando
• Portuguese (Portugal) Andorinha-das-chaminés
• Romanian Rândunică
• Russian Деревенская ласточка
• Serbian Seoska lasta
• Slovak lastovička obyčajná
• Slovenian Kmečka lastovka
• Spanish Golondrina Común
• Spanish (Argentina) Golondrina Tijerita
• Spanish (Chile) Golondrina bermeja
• Spanish (Costa Rica) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Cuba) Golondrina cola de tijera
• Spanish (Dominican Republic) Golondrina Cola de Tijera
• Spanish (Ecuador) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Honduras) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Mexico) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Panama) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Paraguay) Golondrina tijerita
• Spanish (Peru) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Puerto Rico) Golondrina Horquillada
• Spanish (Spain) Golondrina común
• Spanish (Uruguay) Golondrina Tijereta
• Spanish (Venezuela) Golondrina de Horquilla
• Swedish ladusvala
• Telugu వాన కోయిల
• Thai นกนางแอ่นบ้าน
• Turkish Kır Kırlangıcı
• Ukrainian Ластівка сільська

DESCRIPTION

Hirundo rustica, The most widespread species of swallow in the world. A fairly large, colorful swallow. Usually easy to identify with its long, forked tail and dark rump. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. navy-blue above with a rich orange throat and forehead. Underparts vary across range, from bright buffy-orange to whitish. Typically nests close to human habitation; builds a muddy cup nest in a barn or under a dock. its insect-eating habits mean that it is tolerated by humans. Their calls are like …. Named locally as Athu Wahilihiniya. The barn swallow is the national bird of Austria and Estonia.