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Birds Swallows & swifts Uncommon
Common House Martin
Huisswael · Delichon urbicum
A compact martin, blue-black above with a striking white rump and clean white underparts, flickering high overhead. It breeds in Europe and Asia and reaches Kruger as a non-breeding summer visitor, feeding on aerial insects often well above the bush, and is absent all winter.
Log your Common House Martin sighting — free →How to identify it
Blue-black above with a bold square white rump and pure-white underparts; short notched tail.
Where to see it in Kruger
High over open country and water in summer.
Did you know
In Europe it builds a neat mud-cup nest tucked under cliff ledges and house eaves.
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