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Mairtin (bird)

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Mairtin
Sang recordit in Cardiganshire, Wales
Scientific classification edit
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Faimily: Hirundinidae
Genus: Delichon
Species: D. urbicum
Binomial name
Delichon urbicum
Range o D. urbicum      Breedin range     Winterin range
Synonyms

Hirundo urbica Linnaeus, 1758, Delichon urbica

The mairtin (Delichon urbicum), whiles cried the mairtin swallae or windae-swallae, is a migratory passerine bird o the swallae faimily that breeds in Europe, north Africae an temperate Asie; an winters in sub-Saharan Africae an tropical Asie.

References

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  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Delichon urbicum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012: e.T22712477A38588470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T22712477A38588470.en. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
Delichon urbicum