barn swallow

collocation in English

meaningsofbarnandswallow

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barn
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːn/us
/bɑːrn/
a large building on a farm in which animals or hay (= dried grass) and grain ...
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swallow
noun[C]
uk
/ˈswɒl.əʊ/us
/ˈswɑː.loʊ/
an act of using the muscles of your throat, or the amount of something you move into your stomach from your mouth by using the muscles of ...
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(Definition ofbarnandswallowfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has a slow buoyant flight compared tobarnswallow.
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Its huge range means that thebarnswallowis not endangered, although there may be local population declines due to specific threats.
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Barnswallownestlings have prominent red gapes, a feature shown to induce feeding by parent birds.
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Thebarnswallowdrinks by skimming low over lakes or rivers and scooping up water with its open mouth.
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As its name implies, thebarnswallowtypically nests inside accessible buildings such as barns and stables, or under bridges and wharves.
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The highest denomination, the five hundred kroon note, carried an image of thebarnswallowin full flight.
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It is much more urban than thebarnswallow, and will nest even in city centres if the air is clean enough.
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Abarnswallowin flight on a landscape background is featured on the reverse side of the bill.
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In winter, thebarnswallowis cosmopolitan in its choice of habitat, avoiding only dense forests and deserts.
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Thebarnswallowwill mob intruders such as cats or accipiters that venture too close to their nest, often flying very close to the threat.
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Before man-made sites became common, thebarnswallownested on cliff faces or in caves, but this is now rare.
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Although this bird is superficially similar to abarnswallowor house martin, it is not related to those passerine species.
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These are the typical swallows, including the widespreadbarnswallow.
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Unlike thebarnswallow, it uses the outside of inhabited buildings, rather than the inside of barns or stables.
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Barn swallows and cave swallows are observed to co-exist at some nesting sites, making oldbarnswallownests easily available to the cave swallow.
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Oldbarnswallownests are also utilized by cave swallows, which will modify them to suit their needs.
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There are frequent cultural references to thebarnswallowin literary and religious works due to both its living in close proximity to humans and its annual migration.
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It is believed that this reduces inter-specific food competition, particularly with thebarnswallow which shares much of the breeding and wintering range of the martins.
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Genetic and environmental effects on morphology and fluctuating asymmetry in nesting barn swallows.
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It may be a half-cup when constructed under an overhang on a vertical wall or cliff, or bowl-shaped like that of thebarnswallowwhen placed on a sheltered ledge.
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