Jump to content

Mairtin (bird)

Frae Wikipedia, the free beuk o knawledge
The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

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

  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