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Swallows

There are various kinds of swallows on Crete, but a very common one is the barn swallow (hirundo rustica). They are easy to identify because they are aerial predators, and you can often see flocks of them swooping through the air or skimming the surface of water to feed off insects they catch in flight. They also have a distinctive forked tale, white chests, and blue and orange heads. They average about 17 centimeters (6 inches) long. They spend the winter months in southern Sahara and as far as South Africa and then fly more than 10,000 kilometers (6,213 miles) to their summer residences to breed. Their arrival on Crete each year marks the beginning of spring.

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