{"id":103814,"date":"2026-05-17T13:54:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T08:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103814"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:03:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:33:39","slug":"barn-swallow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barn-swallow\/","title":{"rendered":"Barn Swallow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barn Swallow Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Descendants of migratory barn swallows may have gradually stopped making long journeys and settled permanently in Manipur\u2019s Imphal Valley, a new study suggests.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barn Swallow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>migratory passerine bird <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Hirundo rustica\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Barn Swallow <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>most abundant and widely distributed swallow species i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n the world.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>winters <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in much of the <\/span><b>Southern Hemisphere.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be found in <\/span><b>open habitats from fields, parks, and roadway edges<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>marshes, meadows, ponds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and coastal waters.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Barn Swallow <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are<\/span><b> small to medium songbirds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>long, pointed wings.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They grow to between 5.5 and 7 inches in length with a wingspan of 12.5 to 13.5 inches.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barn swallow <\/span><b>adult upperparts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>dark iridescent blue-black<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the<\/span><b> tail is long and forked,<\/b> <b>with white spots<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> visible when the tail is spread during flight.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Underparts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>buff or cinnamon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>dark chestnut throat.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lighter belly is separated from the throat by a narrow blue-black band.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Barn Swallow <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern<\/b>&#8216; under the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iucn-red-list\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IUCN Red List.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/manipur\/barn-swallows-in-manipur-may-have-shed-migratory-trait\/article70986394.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is a migratory passerine bird found across the globe, thriving in open habitats from fields to wetlands. 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