| Welcome swallow | |
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| At Risdon Brook Park in Tasmania | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Hirundo |
| Species: | H. neoxena
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirundo neoxena Gould, 1842
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The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that is native to Australia and nearby islands. It has self-introduced into New Zealand in the middle of the twentieth century.[2] It is very similar to the Pacific swallow with which it is often considered conspecific.
This species breeds in southern and eastern Australia in a variety of habitats, mostly in open areas, man-made clearings or urban environments, but not desert or dense forest.[3] Eastern populations are largely migratory, wintering in northern Australia. Western birds and those in New Zealand are mainly sedentary.
- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Hirundo neoxena". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22712294A118754829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712294A118754829.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Edgar, A.T. (1966). "Welcome Swallows in New Zealand, 1958-1965". Notornis. 13 (1): 27–60.
- ^ Davis, Danielle. "Welcome Swallow". Retrieved 23 December 2010.