Date: 8/6/25 8:55 am From: Adam Schaffer <000000135bd342dd-dmarc-request...> Subject: Re: White-bellied Barn Swallow
The one I saw did not look lecuistic. Its colors were all very bright. It really seemed to match the picture of Hirundo rustica rustica that I saw. I just don’t know how likely that is, but it seemed to match to me. I mean we all know how easy it is to miss field marks on a single swallow in a feeding flock, but it stood out to be sure.
Adam Schaffer
Bentonville
> On Aug 5, 2025, at :34 PM, Carol Joan Patterson <0000003a0ccbe138-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> I have seen leucistic animals of multiple species, perhaps this is an example.
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> On Monday, July 28, 2025 at 02:08:22 PM CDT, Ian MacGregor <00000489141846bd-dmarc-request...> wrote:
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> This morning while searching in vain for a lost lens cap at Charlie Craig, I noticed an adult Barn Swallow in excellent plumage with a gleaming white underparts. It really stood out from the other swallows. I also saw one last spring, and IIRC, Robert Langston also reported one
> from Charlie Craig as well. I've seen young Barn Swallows that look whitish, but this was definitely and adult with a deeply forked tail and underparts sa white as a Tree Swallow's. It also had a reddish throat. I cannot say for certain if it had the blue breast-band. I think it did, but I did not note it.
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> I doubt it was Hirundo rustica rustica, but it sure looked like one. What is a more plausible explanation as to what type of Barn Swallow this might be?
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> Unfortunately, my camera battery died, so no photographs.
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> Ian MacGregort
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