#0644 · 🐦 birds

Western House Martin

🇳🇱 Huiszwaluw ·Delichon urbicum

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Thomas Landgren · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Erik Eckstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ian White · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Roberto Brembilla · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Thomas Landgren · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © egorbirder · CC BY 4.0
7. © Jessica Peruzzo · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. © Beate & Heinz Beyerlein · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Yvan · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The common house martin ( Delichon urbicum ), sometimes called the northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin , is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. It feeds on insects which are caught in flight, and it migrates to climates where flying insects are plentiful. It has a blue head and upperparts, white rump and pure white...

base stats

NL sightings 320iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 39,257iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).