English: Barn Swallow, Common Swallow, House Swallow, Rustic Swallow
Russian: Деревенская ласточка
Mongolian:
Асрын алтанхараацай, Асрын хараацай
German: Rauchschwalbe
French: Hirondelle rustique
Japanese: ツバメ(Tsubame)
Body length:
17-19 cm
Wing span: 32-35 cm
Breeding Visitor
Breeding season: May-August
Egg number: 4-5
Egg colour: Glossy white with reddish-brown
lilac or pale grey spots.
Brood:
1 per year
Global status: Least concern
Regional status: Lest concern
Food: Flying insects.
Habitat: Breeding habitats are variable,
particularly in open areas near water. Both adults build the nest with mud, dry
grasses, hairs, and bird feathers under bridges, on roofs of buildings, cattle
shelters and other man-made structures in forest steppe, mountain steppe,
desert steppe and in the valleys of lakes and river.