Origin |
China |
Type |
Handicraft |
The bird is carved out of basswood , glass eyes brass feet and fully detailed by burning pen,it stands 13 inches tall, measuring approximately 7 inches from the tip of its beak to the end of its tail and the widest part of the bird is about 7". The bird is life size.
ABC of Real Bird Length: 6.75~7.5 inches Wingspan: 12.5~13.5 inches Weight: 0.6 ounce
Since early colonial times this bird has been a welcome presence on farms because it eats many crop-destroying insects. Usually nesting inside of barns or other buildings, it is the only North American swallow with buffy to cinnamon underparts and underwing linings and a white-spotted deeply forked tail,
The female is similar to the male but most often is duller in color. Juveniles have shorter forked tails and creamy white underparts. The most wide-ranging swallow in the world, it is cosmopolitan, found breeding or wintering on almost all continents.
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