Hirundo

Genus burung layang-layang Hirundo adalah burung layang-layang biasa terdapat dimana-mana. Kebanyakan warna bahagian belakang burung ini hitam kebiruan, kemerahan di bahagian muka kadang-kadang merah juga di bahagian dada. Bahagian bawah pula berwarna putih.

Species
Layang-layang rumah (Barn swallow) Hirundo rustica

Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
Angolan Swallow Hirundo angolensis
Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis
Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
White-throated Blue Swallow Hirundo nigrita
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
White-tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis
Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea
Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa

Galeri

References

del Hoyo et al., eds. (2004). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-69-5
A. Turner & C. Rose (1989). Swallows and Martins. Helm. ISBN 0747032025

 
Hirundinidae
Genus burung

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