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| Wire-tailed swallow | |
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| At Mahisagar River, Vadodara | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Hirundinidae |
| Genus: | Hirundo |
| Species: | H. smithii
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| Binomial name | |
| Hirundo smithii Leach, 1818
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The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. It is mainly resident, but populations in Pakistan and northern India migrate further south in winter. The genus name Hirundo is the Latin word for swallow.[2] The species name smithii commemorates Christen Smith, a Norwegian botanist and geologist.[3]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Hirundo smithii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22712299A94328026. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712299A94328026.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling (2010), p. 193.
- ^ Jobling (2010), p. 358.