Siberian House Martin
Delichon lagopodum (Pallas, 1811)
Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
Siberian House Martin, Delichon lagopodum, is a passerine in the swallow family Hirundinidae that breeds across eastern Asia and moves to south-east Asia outside the breeding season. It was described by Pallas in 1811. The bird nests in rocky parts of north-eastern Russia, Mongolia and northern China, and spends the non-breeding period in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. It is now treated as a separate species in Delichon, after once being grouped with the western house martin and later the common house martin. It is monotypic, with no recognised subspecies.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: e Asia
- Nonbreeding range
- to se Asia
