Editing Welcome swallow (section)

=== Natural global range ===
Welcome swallows have a very large distributional range because they are a cross-regional species.<ref name=nzbirdsonline/> Welcome swallows live mostly in eastern, western, southern and central Australia. The welcome swallows that live in eastern Australia move to northern Australia in winter. The welcome swallows that live in Western Australia and others that live in New Zealand are mostly not migratory.<ref name=EOL>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://eol.org/pages/1050772/overview|title= ''Hirundo neoxena'' {{ndash}} Welcome Swallow| encyclopedia= Encyclopedia of Life}}</ref> This swallow species has been observed nesting in the majority of New Zealand and its surrounding islands, Australia and some parts of Tasmania.<ref name="Marchant & Fullgar ">{{cite journal | last1= Marchant | first1= S. |last2=Fullgar | first2= P.J| year=1982 | title=Nest Records of the Welcome Swallow | journal=Emu |volume=83 | issue = 2  |pages=67–74 |doi=10.1071/MU9830066}}</ref>  Currently, this species has been recorded in New Guinea, New Caledonia and other surrounding islands. The distribution of the welcome swallow also depends on seasonal change. During the winter, the welcome swallow in Australia will move towards the north which places it closer to the equator and warm weather. For the following spring, they will return to southern Australia to breed.<ref name=EOL/>