Hirundo rustica
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Brick-red forehead and throat with a complete dark blue breast band below
Deeply forked tail with wire-like outer streamers, longer in the male; swift's tail is short and shallowly forked
Underparts creamy white below the breast band, whereas a swift is dark all over
Builds an open mud cup inside barns, under bridges and in porches; house martin's nest is enclosed and outside under the eaves
Perches readily on wires, fences and branches, and flies low with twisting turns
Busy continuous twittering ending in a creaking, wire-like rattle
