*BARN SWALLOW Hirundo rustica

Range Biak, Rani.

Status Palearctic migrant. Regular migrant to New Guinea in the boreal winter (Beehler & Pratt 2016). 5 August 1983: JD (unpubl.) noted at least some hirundines in town were this species; 19 January 1997: both species of swallow present (D. Holmes unpubl.); 5 August 2018: three (W. Cook, eBird checklist S47710412); and 26 September 2019: three (P. Lansley, eBird checklist S88251212) over the tsunami swamp. 6 August 2015: two on Rani (N. Voaden, eBird checklist S24512191).