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List of birds of Malaysia Part 3 From swallows to skates
I bring to your attention the third, final part of the "bird list" from Malaysia.
Mammals and reptiles will be presented in the next post.
The first part (from chickens to bee-eaters) is located here.
The second part (from hornbills to bulbul) is located here.
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PASSERIFORMES - Hirundinidae
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102 Brown-throated Swallow (Pacific Swallow, Hirundo tahitica javanica)
Note - the guides mention Hirundo tahitica abbotti, at the present time this subspecies is reduced to H. t. javanica.
Every day from 1 to 6 March, many swallows were met on the seaside at a hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
From 4 to 8 August are common in Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang). The swallows fed the grown chicks.
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103 (Rufous-bellied Swallow, Cecropis badia)
Synonym: Hirundo striolata badia.
On March 3, we met a swallow in a barn near the village of Kisap on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
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PASSERIFORMES - Cettiidae
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104 (1297) Mountain tailor (Mountain Tailorbird, Phyllergates cuculatus malayanus)
Synonym: Orthotomus cuculatus.
Seen near the abandoned Jelai Highland Resort in Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang) on 5 August.
A pair of birds carried food to a nest located in the middle of a dense bush.
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PASSERIFORMES - Phylloscopidae
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105 (1298) Talovka warbler (Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis)
On March 3, one bird on a low tree near the village of Kisap on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
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PASSERIFORMES - Cisticolidae
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106 Red-fronted dressmaker (Common Tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius maculicollis)
From March 10 to 13, we met birds at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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107 (1299) Dark-necked Tailorbird, Orthotomus atrogularis atrogularis)
On March 2, photographed at a hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
Sighted at The Andaman Hotel on the north of Langkawi Island (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah) on 4 March.
On March 8, we met at the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi (Pahang).
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108 (1300) Ash dressmaker (Ashy Tailorbird, Orthotomus ruficeps cineraceus)
On March 11, a male chirping loudly courting a female at the Tahan River near the Lubok Simpon Bath (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Timaliidae
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109 (1301) Gray-throated Stachiris (Gray-throated Babbler, Stachyris nigriceps davisoni)
On March 8, we observed while ascending to the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.
The bird responded by playing the song recording.
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110 (1302) Red-rumped stachiris (Chestnut-rumped Babbler, Stachyris maculata maculata)
On March 12, a pair of birds on wires across the river near the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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111 (1303) Golden-headed stachiris (Golden Babbler, Stachyridopsis chrysaea chrysops)
Synonyms: Stachyris chrysaea, Cyanoderma chrysaeum.
From 4 to 7 August, sometimes sighted in flocks of birds in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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112 Pin-striped Tit-Babbler, Macronus gularis gularis)
On March 8, they were seen ascending to the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.
On March 12, observed on the riverbank at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Pellorneidae
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113 (1304) Malay Alzippe (Mountain Fulvetta, Alcippe peracensis peracensis)
From 4 to 8 August, occasionally sighted in flocks in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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114 (1305) Red-tailed mouse thymelia (Abbott's Babbler, Malacocincla abbotti)
AND Malacocincla abbotti abbotti
On 4 March, one bird was seen and heard in the Datai Forest on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
B Malacocincla abbotti olivacea
On March 9, we met on the trail along the lodge (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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Whiskered shrub thimelia (Moustached Babbler, Malacopteron magnirostre magnirostre)
On March 9th, met in a mixed flock on the trail along the lodge (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang). Bad photos.
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115 (1306) Bicolor mouse thymelia (Ferruginous Babbler, Trichastoma bicolor)
Saw on the trail in the nature reserve (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang) on March 13.
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116 Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli tickelli)
On March 8, they were seen ascending to the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi, Pahang.
I have no complete confidence in the correctness of the definition, but these birds were previously fixed in this place.
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PASSERIFORMES - Leiothrichidae
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117 (1307) Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush, Garrulax mitratus major)
From 4 to 8 August, common at Shahzan Inn Fraser's Hill and in the surrounding area (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
They moved in flocks in search of food, sometimes in mixed flocks together with other species of birds.
We visited the feeding troughs at the restaurant.
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118 (1308) White-eared nightingale bush (Silver-eared Mesia, Leiothrix argentauris tahanensis)
Synonym: White-eared lyotrix.
From 5 to 8 August, flocks of birds were sometimes seen in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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119 (1309) Long-tailed Sibia, Heterophasia picaoides wrayi)
Synonym: Long-tailed colored thymelia.
From 4 to 8 August are common near the hotel and around Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
The birds moved in flocks from tree to tree in search of food and whistled.
We visited the feeding troughs at the restaurant.
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PASSERIFORMES - Zosteropidae
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120 (1310) Everett's White-eye, Zosterops everetti tahanensis)
From 5 to 8 August, single sightings in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
It seems that I have not met flocks of these birds.
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PASSERIFORMES - Irenidae
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121 Blue Irene (Asian Fairy Bluebird, Irena puella malayensis)
March 10 at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
On March 13, I met near the observation tower (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Sittidae
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122 (1311) Azure Nuthatch (Blue Nuthatch, Sitta azurea expectata)
On 5 August, two birds were briefly observed on the Hemmant Trail in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Sturnidae
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123 Malay Alponis (Asian Glossy Starling, Aplonis panayensis strigata)
March 3, the first meeting of a pair of birds on wires near the river on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
On 5 and 6 March, adult and young birds at the Oriental Village on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
On March 14, adults and juveniles were seen in a park in front of Petronos in Kuala Lumpur (KL City Park, Kuala Lumpur).
They met there in flocks on 26 August.
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124 (1312) Sacred Lane (Common Hill Myna, Gracula religiosa religiosa)
On March 2, I met a couple of birds at a hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah). Maina ate the fruits of the palm tree.
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125 White-bellied myna (Javan Myna, Acridotheres javanicus)
Introduced species, found in cities.
On March 12, a pair of birds were feeding in a clearing near the observation tower (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
On March 14, several couples in the park in front of Petronos in Kuala Lumpur (KL City Park, Kuala Lumpur).
Photographed a bird with twigs in its beak.
August 26 are common in the park in front of Petronos in Kuala Lumpur (KL City Park, Kuala Lumpur).
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126 Common Myna, Acridotheres tristis tristis)
Every day from March 1 to March 6, we were greeted at a hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
From 11 to 13 March, we were sometimes met at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
On March 14, several couples in the park in front of Petronos in Kuala Lumpur (KL City Park, Kuala Lumpur).
I met them there on 26 August.
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127 (1313) Lesser starling (Daurian Starling, Agropsar sturninus)
Synonyms: Sturnus sturninus, Sturnia sturnina.
On March 7, I met a flock of birds (up to 10 tails) on a tree at the site of a destroyed hotel (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
Perhaps the first meeting of this species on the island of Langkawi.
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PASSERIFORMES - Muscicapidae
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128 Magpie Shama Thrush (Oriental Magpie Robin, Copsychus saularis musicus)
Seen at the pier in Jerantut (Tembeling River, Pahang) on 9 March.
In the same place on March 14 I photographed a fledgling.
From 11 to 13 March I met at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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129 White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus tricolor)
From March 10 to 13, we met birds on the trail near the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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130 Wide-billed flycatcher (Asian Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa latirostris latirostris)
Synonym: Muscicapa daurica.
On 1 March, one bird was seen at the hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
oriental villa
Photographed in Datai Forest on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah on 4 March.
From March 12 to March 14, I met at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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131 (1314) Hermit Flycatcher (Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Anthipes solitaris malayana)
Synonym: Ficedula solitaris.
On 8 August, one bird was seen near the entrance to Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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132 (1315) Malaysian Blue Flycatcher (Malaysian Blue Flycatcher, Cyornis turcosus rupatensis)
From March 10 to March 13, a bird was seen on the banks of the Tahan River near the Lubok Simpon Bath (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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133 (1316) Large Niltava, Niltava grandis decipiens)
From 4 to 8 August we met in pairs in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
Usually the birds were perched near small streams.
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134 Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni westermanni)
On 5 August, a male was seen near the abandoned Jelai Highland Resort in Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
There, on August 7, the female was photographed.
A female was seen on the Hemmant Trail on 6 August.
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PASSERIFORMES - Chloropseidae
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135 (1317) Big Flyer (Greater Green Leafbird, Chloropsis sonnerati zosterops)
Saw on a ficus tree near the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi (Pahang) on 8 March.
Seen on a tree in a tent clearing (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang) on 9 March.
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136 Blue-winged Leafbird, Chloropsis cochinchinensis moluccensis)
Saw on a ficus tree near the Japanese Garden in Bukit Tinggi (Pahang) on 8 March.
A male was observed on a fruit tree (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang) on 11 March.
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137 (1318) Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii malayana)
From 4 to 8 August, a couple of birds were seen at the Shahzan Inn Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Dicaeidae
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138 Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma trigonostigma)
Males, females and juveniles were observed on 5 and 6 March at the Oriental Village on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
On March 13, observed on a flowering tree in the reserve (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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139 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Dicaeum cruentatum cruentatum)
On March 2, one bird on a dry branch outside a bungalow at a hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
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PASSERIFORMES - Nectariniidae
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140 (1319) Ruby-cheeked Sunbird, Chalcoparia singalensis singalensis)
Sighted on the trail leading to the Suspension Bridges (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang) on 10 March.
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141 Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis malacensis)
Almost daily from March 1 to March 6, we were met at a hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
Males and females were seen at the pier in Jerantut (Tembeling River, Pahang) on 9 March.
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142 (1320) Purple-naped Sunbird, Hypogramma hypogrammicum nuchale)
On March 12, a short meeting on a flowering tree in the reserve (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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143 (1321) (Van Hasselt's Sunbird, Leptocoma brasiliana brasiliana)
Synonyms: Nectarinia sperata brasiliana, Purple-throated Sunbird.
Note - Leptocoma brasiliana is split from L. sperata (Rasmussen & Anderton 2005)
Sighted one male in Datai Forest on 4 March on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
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Copper-throated Sunbird, Leptocoma calcostetha)
Synonym: Nectarinia calcostetha.
March 4th morning short meeting at The Andaman Hotel on the north of Langkawi Island (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
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144 Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata wrayi)
From 4 to 8 August, sighted on flowering trees near Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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Yellow-backed sharp-tailed sunbird (Crimson Sunbird, Aethopyga siparaja)
On the morning of March 4, a short meeting with a male at the "The Andaman" hotel in the north of the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
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145 (1322) (Gray-breasted Spiderhunter, Arachnothera modesta modesta)
Synonym: Arachnothera affinis modesta.
On March 11, one bird is high in a tree in a camping clearing (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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146 Streaked Spiderhunter, Arachnothera magna magna)
From 4 to 8 August, common at Shahzan Inn Fraser's Hill and in the surrounding area (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Passeridae
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147 Field Sparrow (Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus malaccensis)
Almost daily from March 1 to March 6, they were met everywhere on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
From March 9 to March 14, they are common at the Mutiara Taman Negara Resort (Taman Negara National Park, Pahang).
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PASSERIFORMES - Ploceidae
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Weaver-baya (Baya Weaver, Ploceus philippinus infortunatus)
March 3, short meeting at the tower on the Pualu Langkawi River on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
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PASSERIFORMES - Estrildidae
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148 Sharp-tailed bronze finch (White-rumped Munia, Lonchura striata subsquamicollis)
From 4 to 8 August they were sometimes found in flocks on grasses in the vicinity of Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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149 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata fretensis)
On 5 and 6 March, a small flock in the Oriental Village on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
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PASSERIFORMES - Motacillidae
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150 Gray Wagtail (Gray Wagtail, Motacilla cinerea cinerea)
On 6 March, one bird on the shore of a pond at the Oriental Village on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
From 6 August saw one bird in Fraser's Hill (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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151 Steppe Horse (Richard's Pipit, Anthus richardi)
On 3 March, one bird was seen near a tower on the Pualu Langkawi River on Pulau Langkawi, Kedah.
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152 Rice Pipit (Paddyfield Pipit, Anthus rufulus malayensis)
On March 1 and 6, 2 birds met on the sandy seashore near the hotel on the island of Langkawi (Pulau Langkawi, Kedah).
On August 4, one bird at the Fraser's Hill golf course (Bukit Fraser, Pahang).
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Swallow family
Small birds adapted for catching insects on the fly. The wings are long and sharp, the beak is short, flattened, the mouth is wide. Nests are molded from mud on rocks or buildings. Some nest in burrows. There are 9 species in the fauna of the USSR.
Shore swallow
282. Shore Swallow - Riparia riparia.
The size of a sparrow. The back is brownish-gray, the underside of the body is white, the craw has a brown collar. Tail with a slight cut. Migrant. Inhabits river valleys, lake basins or sand pits from the western borders of the country to Kamchatka. Breeds in colonies. She arranges a nest in a hole she makes herself. There are 4-6 white eggs in a clutch. The voice is a quiet chirr-chirr.
Quite easily identified by a brown collar on the goiter.
Mountain swallow
283. Mountain Swallow - Ptyonoprogne rupestris.
The size of a sparrow. The general color of the plumage is smoky-brown, slightly lighter on the underside of the body.
Migrant. Inhabits rocks along river banks in the mountains of the Caucasus, South Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Altai and the Tuva ASSR. A nest in the crevices of the rocks. In clutch there are 3-4 white eggs with brown specks. The voice is a quiet chirping.
It differs from other swallows in the dark coloration of the ventral side.
Barn swallow
284. Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica.
The size of a sparrow. The dorsal side is blue-black. The forehead is red, the throat is rusty-brown, the ventral side is white or pinkish. The tail is deeply cut and long thin side feathers. Migrant. It inhabits the entire territory of the country. The nest is built under the roof of the building, less often under the canopies of the rocks. In clutch there are 4-6 white eggs with brownish-red specks. Voice - ringing "twi-wit" and chirping.
It is determined mainly by the brown throat.
Filamentous swallow
285. Thread-tailed Swallow - Hirundo smithii.
Slightly smaller than a sparrow. The back is dark blue, shiny, the "cap" on the head is red. The abdomen is white. Males have two long filamentous feathers on the sides of the tail. Migrant. Inhabits steep river banks and cultural landscape in the south of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Nests in rocks, buildings, cliffs. In clutch there are 3-4 white eggs with red-brown specks. The voice is a quiet chirping.
It is determined mainly by the red "cap".
Red lumbar swallow
286. Red Lumbar Swallow - Cecropis daurica.
The size of a sparrow. The top of the head and back are bluish black. Uppertail is rusty-red. The ventral side is reddish-white with dark longitudinal streaks. The tail is forked, with two long feathers on the sides.
Migrant. Inhabits low-mountain regions of southern Kazakhstan, Central Asia, southern Siberia and the Far East. Nest is placed on rocks, cliffs and buildings. There are 5-6 white eggs in a clutch. The voice is a quiet chirping.
It differs from the barn swallow in its variegated belly.
City swallow
287. City Swallow - Delichon urbica.
The size of a sparrow. The dorsal side is blue-black. Uppertail and abdomen are white. Tail with a sharp cut. Migrant. It lives in settlements from the western borders of the USSR to Sakhalin. Breeds in colonies. Nest is built on the walls of rocks and houses. There are 4-6 white eggs in a clutch. The voice is a loud "tirrcht-tirrcht". Easily identified by the bright white uppertail.
