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Pacific swallow

Hirundo javanica Sparrman, 1789

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The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) is a species in the family Hirundinidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh about 17.8 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the Pacific swallow

Weight
17.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
coastalsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the Pacific swallow live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The Pacific swallow is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the Pacific swallow?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements. This bird is associated with coasts, but is increasingly spreading to forested uplands. It was formerly treated as conspecific with hill swallow, the welcome swallow and the Tahiti swallow.

From the Wikipedia article “Pacific swallow” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pacific_swallow&oldid=1347770323), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the Pacific swallow endangered?

The Pacific swallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the Pacific swallow classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyHirundinidae
  6. genusHirundo
  7. SpeciesHirundo javanica Sparrman, 1789
Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • House swallowEnglish
  • سنونو المحيط الهادئArabic
  • vlaštovka rezavohrdláCzech
  • Java SvaleDanish
  • StillehavssvaleDanish
  • SüdseeschwalbeGerman
  • Χελιδόνι του ΕιρηνικούGreek
  • pacifika hirundoEsperanto
  • Golondrina del PacíficoSpanish
  • Rand-suitsupääsukeEstonian
  • tyynenmerenpääskyFinnish
  • Hirondelle de JavaFrench
  • indonezijska lastavicaCroatian
  • déltengeri fecskeHungarian
  • Layang-Layang BatuIndonesian
  • rondine del pacificoItalian
  • リュウキュウツバメJapanese
  • 태평양제비Korean
  • Ramiojo vandenyno šelmeninė kregždėLithuanian
  • KustzwaluwDutch
  • ZuidzeezwaluwDutch
  • kystsvaleNorwegian
  • jaskółka sundajskaPolish
  • andorinha-do-pacíficoPortuguese
  • Тихоокеанская ласточкаRussian
  • Коричневогорлая ласточкаRussian
  • Коричневогорлая настоящая ласточкаRussian
  • lastovička hrdzavolícaSlovak
  • kustsvalaSwedish
  • นกนางแอ่นแปซิฟิกThai
  • Tahiti kırlangıcıTurkish
  • 洋燕Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the Pacific swallow

Other species in the same genus Hirundo.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the Pacific swallow?

An adult Pacific swallow weighs 17.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the Pacific swallow live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the Pacific swallow for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the Pacific swallow endangered?

The Pacific swallow is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the Pacific swallow?

The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) belongs to the family Hirundinidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-swallow

MLA

“Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-swallow.

BibTeX
@misc{pacific_swallow_2026,
  title = {Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pacific-swallow},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}