# Hirundo rustica (Linnaeus, 1758)

- By: Michael Gäbler
- Date: 2015-08-26
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hirundo_rustica_(Linnaeus,_1758).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Hirundo_rustica_%28Linnaeus%2C_1758%29.jpg/1920px-Hirundo_rustica_%28Linnaeus%2C_1758%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The image shows a barn swallow when feeding her young in the nest in the Wisentgehege Springe game park near Springe, Hanover, Germany. The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.