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 The swallows, martins, and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a group of passerine birds found throughout the planet on all mainlands, incorporating at times in Antarctica. Profoundly adjusted to flying taking care of, they have an unmistakable appearance. The expression "swallow" is utilized conversationally in Europe as an equivalent word for the horse shelter swallow. Around 90 types of Hirundinidae are known, separated into 19 genera, with the best variety found in Africa, which is additionally thought to be the place where they developed as opening nesters. They additionally happen on a few maritime islands. A few European and North American species are significant distance travellers; conversely, the West and South African swallows are nonmigratory. 


This family contains two subfamilies: Pseudochelidoninae (the waterway martins of the sort Pseudochelidon) and Hirundininae (any remaining swallows, martins, and saw-wings). In the Old World, the name "martin" will, in general, be utilized for the squarer-followed species, and the name "swallow" for the more fork-followed species; in any case, this differentiation doesn't address a genuine developmental detachment. In the New World, "martin" is saved for individuals from the class Progne. (These two frameworks are answerable for similar species being called sand martin in the Old World and bank swallow in the New World.)












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