Found along all major water-courses the Wire-tailed Swallow is resident and they make the mud cup nest in sheltered overhangs close to the river.

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Found along all major water-courses the Wire-tailed Swallow is resident and they make the mud cup nest in sheltered overhangs close to the river. The cups are built laboriously from individual beak full of mud

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Location: Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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