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Photo by Ragna
Extremadura, Spain, May 2004

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Hirundo rupestris

[edit] Identification

14-15cm.

• Brown upperparts
• Buff underparts (no breast band)
• Square tail has white spots

[edit] Distribution

Widely distributed from Europe to Asia, Arabia and India.

[edit] Taxonomy

Photo by Seyed Babak Mus
Bazangan lake, NE Iran, August 2005

Previously in genus Hirundo.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Rocky outcrops, cliffs and alpine villages.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.

[edit] Breeding

Its nest is built from mud and is placed under overhanging cliffs. The clutch consists of 3-5 eggs.

[edit] References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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