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Chelidon urbica, Print, 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 underparts, and is found in both open country and near human habitation. It is similar in appearance to the two other martin species of the genus Delichon, which are both endemic to eastern and southern Asia. It has two accepted subspecies., skeleton.

Chelidon urbica, Print, 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 underparts, and is found in both open country and near human habitation. It is similar in appearance to the two other martin species of the genus Delichon, which are both endemic to eastern and southern Asia. It has two accepted subspecies., skeleton.
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Chelidon urbica, Print, 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 underparts, and is found in both open country and near human habitation. It is similar in appearance to the two other martin species of the genus Delichon, which are both endemic to eastern and southern Asia. It has two accepted subspecies., skeleton
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28.7 x 39.0 cm | 11.3 x 15.4 in (300 dpi)
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APPEARANCE • BLUE HEAD • BREEDS • CAUGHT • CHELIDON URBICA • CLIMATES • COMMON HOUSE MARTIN • DEATH (PERSONIFICATION) • DELICHON URBICUM • EASTERN • ENDEMIC • EUROPE • FEEDS • FLIGHT • FLY • FLYING INSECTS • FLYING • GENUS DELICHON • HOUSE MARTIN • HUMAN HABITATION • INSECTS • MARTIN (BIRD) • MARTIN SPECIES • MIGRATES • MIGRATORY PASSERINE BIRD • NORTH AFRICA • NORTH OF AFRICA • NORTHERN HOUSE MARTIN • OPEN COUNTRY • PARTICULARLY • PLENTIFUL • PRINT • PURE WHITE UNDERPARTS • RACES • SKELETON • SOUTHERN ASIA • SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA • SWALLOW FAMILY • TEMPERATE ASIA • TROPICAL ASIA • TWO ACCEPTED SUBSPECIES • TWO • UPPERPARTS • WHITE RUMP • WINTER • WINTRY