Hirundo neoxena

Welcome Swallow at Wodonga, VIC

Hirundo neoxena at Wodonga, VIC - 26 Dec 2024
Hirundo neoxena at Wodonga, VIC - 26 Dec 2024
Hirundo neoxena at Wodonga, VIC - 26 Dec 2024
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Identification history

Hirundo neoxena 11 Jan 2025 MatthewFrawley
Hirundo neoxena 7 Jan 2025 Darcy
Unidentified 26 Dec 2024 KylieWaldon

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User's notes

I don't know what these birds were. At first I thought they were swallows, but they had white under their wing tips rather than close to the body (and under the body) and went round and round in very large circles in the sky. Swifts? Martins? Don't know. They went higher and higher up.

2 comments

   7 Jan 2025
Tail in first photo looks like Welcome Swallow.
KylieWaldon wrote:
   11 Jan 2025
yeah maybe there were some welcome swallows in there too. But some of them weren't and looked very odd. I'll have to try and get better photos next time.

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  • Hirundo neoxena Scientific name
  • Welcome Swallow Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1321.3m Recorded at altitude
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