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Where does the Barn Swallow live?

Hirundo rustica has 17,457,901 records in 227 countries and territories, from 1743 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow — Andreas Trepte / CC BY-SA 2.5 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeHirundo

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 7,707,496
Spain 1,366,418
Canada 1,011,311
Sweden 763,693
France 597,786
United Kingdom 577,207
Finland 456,255
Denmark 433,158
Netherlands 394,684
South Africa 359,698
Taiwan 357,876
Norway 334,315
India 334,032
Poland 231,592
Germany 225,222
Portugal 211,568
Luxembourg 193,146
Mexico 165,512
Belgium 153,013
Israel 99,262
Thailand 83,046
Costa Rica 58,272
China 56,359
Türkiye 54,632
Japan 52,312
Czechia 48,862
Russia 47,503
Italy 46,796
Greece 43,714
Ireland 42,631
Argentina 40,900
Austria 33,189
Panama 32,792
Estonia 32,112
Bulgaria 31,815
Kenya 29,910
Botswana 25,799
Colombia 25,390
South Korea 25,192
Belize 22,026

Showing the top 40 of 227 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.