Voorbeelden van house martin

• Immunocompetence and nestling survival in the house martin : the tasty chick hypothesis.

• The common house martin is a noisy species, especially at its breeding colonies.

• The flight is fluttering like a house martin.

• Although this bird is superficially similar to a house martin, it is not closely related to that passerine species.

• The vocalisations include short high "pli", and "piieh" and "tshir" calls resembling those of the linnet and the house martin respectively.

• Although this bird is superficially similar to a barn swallow or house martin, it is not related to those passerine species.

• The common house martin tends to breed colonially, and nests may be built in contact with each other.

• It also frequently nests on large buildings such as temples and bridges, but not to the same extent as the common house martin.

• More than 40 beetle species have been recorded in common house martin nests, but most are either typical of the locality or found in the nests of other birds.

• The martlet, often believed to refer to the house martin, or possibly a swallow, was a heraldic bird with short tufts of feathers in the place of legs.

• It uses similar open habitats on the wintering grounds, but the common house martin is less conspicuous than wintering barn swallows, tending to fly higher and be more nomadic.

• As a group, the house martins can not easily be confused with any other swallows.

• Among the wildlife species found there are butterflies, dragonflies, kestrels, swallows and house martins.

• Woodpeckers visit the garden every day, house martins nest under the eaves and kingfishers live down by the river.

• House sparrows frequently attempt to take over the nest during construction, with the house martins rebuilding elsewhere if they are successful.