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Barn swallow 
(Nhạn bụng trắng, Hirundo rustica)

The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world, occurring on all continents, with vagrants reported even in Antarctica.

Hirundinidae, Hirundo is Latin for a swallow.
rustica Latin rusticus rural, rustic, plain, simple (rus,ruris country).

The bird genus Hirundo is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus name is Latin for a swallow.

1/ Barn swallow (Nhạn bụng trắng, Hirundo rustica)

2/ Wire-tailed swallow (Nhạn đầu hung, Hirundo smithii)

3/ Pacific swallow (Nhạn đuôi đen, Hirundo tahitica) 

Pacific swallow 
(Nhạn đuôi đen, Hirundo tahitica) 

The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae.
The bird breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. 

The genus name Hirundo is Latin for a swallow.
The term "tahitica" itself is a Latin adjective, derived from the geographical location "Tahiti," used to describe the species of bird found there.