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WIRE-TAILED SWALLOW Hirundo smithii 14–21cm FIELD NOTES: Flight
fast, often low over water. Juveniles have a brown crown and lack the long, fine
outer tail filaments. VOICE: Song is a twittering chirrickweet-chrrickweet. Calls
include a chit-chit and, when alarmed, a chichip-chichip. HABITAT: Grassland,
cultivations and urban areas, usually near water. DISTRIBUTION: Widespread
resident.
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WHITETHROAT (COMMON WHITETHROAT) Sylvia communis 14cm
FIELD NOTES: Usually shy and skulking, unless singing. VOICE: A hurried,
scratchy warble. Calls include a sharp tac-tack and a scolding tcharr. HABITAT:
Scrub and crops. DISTRIBUTION: Passage migrant in the NW.
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