Hirundo tahitica javanicaSparrman, 1789

Pacific swallow

Image acquired with permission from the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. Specimen collected by A. R. Wallace. Specimen locality: Sumatra
Label transcription: [Collected by A.R. Wallace. 1861. Hirundo javanica Sumatra] [No. Brit. Mus. Reg. 73.5.12.1116 Hirundo javanica, Sp. Loc. Sumatra Ex Coll. Wallace]

NOTE:
Species known to occur in Singapore.
Imaged Wallace Specimen from Sumatra.

Yuchen Ang

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Taxon Information

Classification:

Vertebrata: Aves: Passeriformes: Hirundinidae (Swallows & Martins)

Taxon Name (original as given on label):

Hirundo javanica

Collector:

A.R. Wallace

Locality of Specimen:

Sumatra

Specimen Repository:

Natural History Museum Tring