Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Passeriformes > Family Hirundinidae > Genus Hirundo

Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hirundo*		accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: dallandyshja bishtgërshanë; dallëndyshja bishtgërshërë sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bokmål (Norwegian): låvesvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Bulgarian: Селска лястовица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: landsvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: boerenzwaluw sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.

English: barn swallow; Eurasian swallow; swallow sources: Keith, S., E.K. Urban & C.H. Fry (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Barn Swallow; Swallow sources: Charles Hussey

French: hirondelle rustique sources: Avibase - the world bird database

Gaelic: fáinleog sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Fáinleog

German: Rauchschwalbe sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Σταβλοχελίδονο sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Irish: Fáinleog sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): סנונית רפתות sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: šelmeninė kregždė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: låvesvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: låvesvale sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 191

Norwegian Nynorsk: låvesvale sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 191

Nynorsk (Norwegian): låvesvale sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: dymówka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: rândunică sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: деревенская ласточка; или касатка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish: fáinleog sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kmečka lastovka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: golondrina común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: ladusvala sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: kir kirlangici; kır kırlangıcı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Ластівка сільська; Сільська ластівка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwennol

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Keith, S., E.K. Urban & C.H. Fry (1992). The Birds of Africa, Volume IV. Academic Press, London.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (50 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1466 publications)
GenBank (457 nucleotides; 312 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212750

Drs Cees Roselaar. Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=97287