Martin bird

Swift vs Swallow vs House Martin. What is the difference between swifts, swallows and house martins and what is different about each birds appearance. Find out how each bird differs in appearance to the others so that you can tell which birds you have visiting your garden. Here are the main differences.

Progne subis Common name: purple martin (en); andorinha-azul (pt); hirondelle noire (fr); golondrina purpúrea (es); purpurschwalbe (de) Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Range: They breed throughout temperate North America, in south and south-east Canada, in the whole eastern half of the United States and along the Pacific coast from southern Canada down to Mexico. They winter in the Amazon basin, throughout Brazil, north to Colombia and the Guianas, west to Ecuador and Peru…

Learn how to identify swifts, swallows and martins. These birds are all summer visitors to the UK. Here's how you can find the difference between a swift and a swallow or work out what kind of martin you could have spotted!

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Like the Swallow, the House Martin is a very common and very widespread summer visitor to Ireland from tropical Africa.

Male singing on the ground just befor copulation Taken at Lichtenbee, Arnhem, Netherlands

This songbird is an extremely popular species due to its willingness to nest in structures provided by humans.

Purple Martin...love these birds

Studies of a house martin and a swallow