Asian House Martin

Asian House Martin

White hair on legs is cute.

Characteristics

A black swallow from head to back. The tail is white at the base and has a shallow concave shape. They have shorter tail feathers than swallows, and can be distinguished by looking at their tails and observing their silhouettes in flight. It has white hair on its legs, which makes it cute. While flying in groups of two to several, they call "jupi-ju-pi".

Picture of Asian House Martin

Ecology

Distributed from mountains to urban areas. Builds nests on rocks and artificial objects from around April and breeds. In recent years, nesting under bridges has increased. They move in groups and fly around their nests for long periods of time. It rarely descends to the ground, but occasionally descends to collect nest material.

Habitat

From the latter half of March, I began to see them flying in groups near Owadabashi, Hachioji City. It is often seen along the river in the morning during the day. Shortly after dawn, they all leave their nests all at once. At this time, I was able to observe the figure that landed on the ground and the figure that perched on the electric wire.

Pictures

Introducing a picture of Asian House Martin.

Picture of Asian House Martin1|Perched on a power line in the morning.
Perched on a power line in the morning.
Picture of Asian House Martin2|They have shorter tails than swallows.
They have shorter tails than swallows.
Picture of Asian House Martin3|A pair.
A pair.
Picture of Asian House Martin4|The white hair on her legs is cute.
The white hair on her legs is cute.
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