Avibase: Hirundo [tahitica or javanica] (Tahiti or Pacific Swallow)

Tahiti or Pacific Swallow

Hirundo [tahitica or javanica] (= Hirundo tahitica) Gmelin, JF 1789

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Patrik Åberg	2013-12-29	Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, Sabah (Malaysia) (160 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	166702 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Peter Boesman	2015-05-26	Ishigaki-jima, south-west coast, Ishigaki Island (Japan)	call - [sono]	286033 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Joshua Chong	2022-06-16	, Singapore (Singapore)	-	460652631 macaulaylibrary.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Lim Ying Hien	2024-06-05	Karak, Pahang, Bentong (Malaysia) (90 m)	call - [sono]	913214 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Arnold Meijer	?-08-2001	Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo , Sabah (Malaysia) (? m)	song (A) -	35731 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Yeo SB	2019-02-03	Turut Track, Kranji area, Singapore (Singapore) (10 m)	call - The pacific swallow was on an overhead telephone wire. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	455055 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Peter Boesman	2015-05-26	Ishigaki-jima, south-west coast, Ishigaki Island (Japan)	call - [sono]	286030 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Frank Lambert	2013-09-28	Tioman Island, south of Juara Village, Johor (Malaysia) (1 m)	call, flight call - Calls, some probably in flight, of bird(s) under a bridge where breeding bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	201756 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Arnold Meijer	?-08-2001	Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo , Sabah (Malaysia) (? m)	song (A) -	35729 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Okamoto Keita Sin	2020-04-16	West Coast Park, Singapore, Singapore (Singapore) (10 m)	Call - Called very infrequently while perched on a pole. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	576640 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Lim Ying Hien	2024-06-14	Karak, Pahang, Bentong (Malaysia) (90 m)	song - [sono]	914199 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Amar-Singh HSS	2020-01-23	Kinta District (near Ipoh), Negeri Perak, Perak (Malaysia) (60 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - I was watching a pair of Pacific Swallows that I know fairly well. They were hawking insects, using a stationary ceiling fan as a vantage position, and calling out intermittently. Most calls were soft ‘wep’ or ‘kwek’ (Wells 2007) that needed a good mike to pick up. I decided to try a closer approach for images and one bird gave out a ‘steam-whistle’ call (Wells 2007) and they flew off. This call appeared to be a warning call. I tested this when they returned shortly and played it back; they immediately flew off. Wells says this ‘steam-whistle’ call is used to signal the presence of a predator near nest. The first few calls in the recording are contact calls (soft ‘wep’ or ‘kwek’) and the recording ends with a ‘steam-whistle’ call. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	522278 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica subfusca	Marc Anderson	2017-05-09	Nadi, Ba, Western Division, Western (Fiji) (0 m)	call - bird-seen:yes	368849 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Greg Irving	2018-06-28	Borneo Highlands Resort, Sarawak (Malaysia) (950 m)	call - Birds flying past nest in golf cart parking garage bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	424220 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Frank Lambert	2013-09-28	Tioman Island, south of Juara Village, Johor (Malaysia) (1 m)	call, flight call - Calls, some probably in flight, of bird(s) under a bridge where breeding bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	201758 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Jhih-Wei (??) TSAI (?)	2021-12-09	??????????, Chiayi County, Taiwan, Chiayi (Taiwan)	-	397417781 macaulaylibrary.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Peter Boesman	2015-05-26	Ishigaki-jima, south-west coast, Ishigaki Island (Japan)	call - [sono]	286031 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Ding Li Yong	2021-03-27	Sembawang sod fields, Singapore (Singapore) (10 m)	flight call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	632266 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Joshua Chong	2022-06-16	Pulau Ubin, Singapore (Singapore) (0 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	732722 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Ed Thomas	2017-05-06	????IBA--???(Huben IBA--Tiansheng Temple), Yunlin County, Taiwan, Yunlin (Taiwan)	- Mostly chirps but also includes up-slurred whistles	59681831 macaulaylibrary.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica frontalis	Panji Gusti Akbar	2022-04-20	Arborek Island, Raja Ampat, Raja Ampat archipelago (Indonesia) (0 m)	song - high pass filter at 1khz 12 db, normalized to -3db	756741 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Kim Cancino	2020-11-15	Gueset Pantal Creek, Bugallon, Pangasinan, Philippines, Labrador (Philippines)	- Singing while perched on electric line	280140401 macaulaylibrary.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica javanica	Greg Irving	2018-06-27	Borneo Highlands Resort, Sarawak (Malaysia) (950 m)	song - Birds flying past on golf course bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	424221 xeno-canto.org
Pacific Swallow - Hirundo tahitica	Arnold Meijer	?-08-2001	Danum Valley Field Centre, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo , Sabah (Malaysia) (? m)	song (A) -	35730 xeno-canto.org

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