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Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)

Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica) are darker below and have pale or reddish rumps, face and neck collar. They lack a breast band, but have black undertails. They are fast fliers and they swoop on insects while airborne. They have broad but pointed wings. They build quarter-sphere nests with a tunnel entrance lined with mud collected in their beaks, and lay 3 to 6 eggs. They normally nest under cliff overhangs in their mountain homes, but will readily adapt to buildings such as mosques and bridges.

 

 

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Uploaded on September 8, 2019
Taken on August 25, 2019