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Blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea)

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Blue swallow incubating on nest

© Dr Warwick Tarboton
Blue swallow brooding chicks in nest

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Blue swallow chicks begging in the nest

© James Wakelin
Adult female blue swallow feeding chicks at the nest

© James Wakelin
Blue swallow juvenile

© Dr Warwick Tarboton
Blue swallow female

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Blue swallow male with wings raised

© Dr Warwick Tarboton
Blue swallow perched

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Adult male blue swallow in flight

© James Wakelin
Blue swallow displaying

© Dr Warwick Tarboton
Adult female blue swallow in the hand

© James Wakelin
Adult female blue swallow being ringed

© James Wakelin

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