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	 Hirundo javanica = Hirundo tahitica javanica (Pacific swallow, Java Swallow) (cropped)
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| Subject: | Hirundo javanica = Hirundo tahitica javanica (Pacific swallow, Java Swallow) (cropped) 
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^o^| Hirundo javanica
 Date	between 1700 and 1880
 Notes	This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
 Source/Photographer	Temminck pl. col. 83
 Old Latin name	Hirundo javanica
 New Latin name	Hirundo tahitica javanica
 Common name	Nederlands: Zuidzeezwaluw
 Source: cropped from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hirundo_javanica_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ16700153.tif
 
 
 Hirundo tahitica - Pacific Swallow, Tahiti Swallow, Hill Swallow, Java Swallow
 
 The Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica), also known as the Tahiti Swallow, the Hill Swallow, or the Java Swallow, is a small bird that belongs to the swallows family of Hirundinidae. It lives in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is mostly blue-black on the upper parts and buff on the lower parts, with a red face and throat. It feeds on insects while flying and builds mud nests under cliffs or buildings. Pacific swallows can produce a variety of vocalizations, such as chirps, trills, and whistles. The subspecies Hirundo tahitica javanica is found in south Myanmar and Andaman Islands to south Vietnam, east to Philippines and south to Moluccas and Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands.
 
 Order: Passeriformes
 Family: Hirundinidae
 Genus: Hirundo
 Species: Hirundo tahitica Gmelin, 1789
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