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  • Western House Martin, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Thomas Landgren, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

  • Western House Martin, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Erik Eckstein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Ian White, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Western House Martin, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) Roberto Brembilla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Western House Martin, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Thomas Landgren, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) egorbirder, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

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Birds

About

The common house martin (Delichon urbicum), sometimes called the northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. It feeds on insects which are caught in flight, and it migrates to climates where flying insects are plentiful. It has a blue head and upperparts, white rump and pure white...

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