Swallows
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Hirundinidae
- Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris (A)
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica (A)
- Common House Martin Delichon urbicum
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