Wildlifeof Bhutan
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Swallows & Martins
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Cecropis daurica
Basic stats
Range
Himalayan population (C. d. nipalensis) breeds from Kulu to Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh and winters in peninsular India
Clutch size
Usually 4, sometimes 5 white eggs
Size
19cm
The eastern red-rumped swallow is 19cm long with a deeply forked tail. The usual clutch is four, sometimes five, white eggs, and both sexes build the nest and share incubation and the care of the young (Wikipedia, general species account).
The Himalayan population, C. d. nipalensis, migrates to peninsular India in winter and breeds from Kulu in the west to Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The source read gives no plumage, habitat or diet information, so none is stated.
Quick answers
- Where is the Eastern Red-rumped Swallow found?
- Himalayan population (C. d. nipalensis) breeds from Kulu to Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh and winters in peninsular India
- How many eggs does the Eastern Red-rumped Swallow lay?
- Usually 4, sometimes 5 white eggs
- How big is the Eastern Red-rumped Swallow?
- 19cm