Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The welcome swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that is native to Australia and nearby islands. It has self-introduced into New Zealand in the middle of the twentieth century. It is very similar to the Pacific swallow with which it is often considered conspecific.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae
- Genus
- Hirundo