Birds · New here: first heard 20 Sept.
Welcome Swallow
Hirundo neoxena
First heard here 20 Sept · last heard today at 5:45am · 1 day in the last year · 1 detections on record
Hear it
A clear recording call, song, recorded in Australia
Marc Anderson, xeno-canto, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Trimmed to 20 seconds.
Heard here by the park sensor, 96% match
Raw and a bit distant; the bird was somewhere in the park, not next to the microphone.
What to look for
The welcome swallow is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae that is native to Australia and nearby islands. It has self-introduced into New Zealand in the middle of the twentieth century. It is very similar to the Pacific swallow with which it is often considered conspecific.
Read more on Wikipedia (Welcome swallow)
When it has been heard
Busiest day so far: Sunday 20 September, 1 detections between 5:45am and 5:45am.
| Day | Detections | First | Last | Peak confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sept | 1 | 5:45am | 5:45am | 96% |
Detections are automatic and can be wrong.