Barn swallow
H. rustica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Hirundinidae
Genus:	Hirundo
Binomial name
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758

The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow. It can be found worldwide.

This distinctive passerine bird has blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It lives everywhere except Australia.

The bird is becoming less common in Europe.^[1][2]

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