Description: Has a blue back with cinnamon below and a redder throat. Also a long, forked tail with white spots.

Range: Widespread throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Winters in Costa Rica, Argentina, Africa and southern Asia.

Habitat: Found in open to semi-open land such as fields, parks, cliffs and lakes.

General: This bird builds cup-like nests in buildings, beneath bridges and beneath the eaves of houses. It may raise two broods a year and feeds on flying insects.

Bovey, Robin, Campbell, Wayne, and Gates, Brian. 1989. Birds of Victoria and Vicinity. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1990. Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York.

Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1994. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region. Chanticlear Press, Inc. New York, New York.

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