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{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2017 |title=''Hirundo neoxena'' |volume=2017 |page=e.T22712294A118754829 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22712294A118754829.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> | image = Hirundo_neoxena_risdon.jpg | image_caption = At Risdon Brook Park in Tasmania | genus = Hirundo | species = neoxena | authority = [[John Gould|Gould]], 1842 }} The '''welcome swallow''' ('''''Hirundo neoxena''''') is a small [[passerine]] [[bird]] in the swallow family [[Hirundinidae]] that is native to [[Australia]] and [[Melanesia|nearby islands]]. It has self-introduced into [[New Zealand]] in the middle of the twentieth century.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Edgar | first=A.T. | date=1966 | title=Welcome Swallows in New Zealand, 1958-1965 | journal=Notornis | volume=13 | issue=1 | pages=27β60 | url= http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/welcome-swallows-new-zealand-1958-1965 }}</ref> It is very similar to the [[Pacific swallow]] with which it is often considered conspecific. This species breeds in southern and eastern Australia in a variety of habitats, mostly in open areas, man-made clearings or urban environments, but not desert or dense forest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiresnr.org/swallows.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080504162510/http://www.wiresnr.org/swallows.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 4, 2008|title=Welcome Swallow|last=Davis|first=Danielle|access-date=23 December 2010}}</ref> Eastern populations are largely [[bird migration|migratory]], wintering in northern Australia. Western birds and those in New Zealand are mainly sedentary.
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