The American Topical Association lists more than 1000 depictions of swallows and martins on postage stamps around the world. See [1]Archived 2020-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
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Townsend, Jason; Esteban Garrido; Danilo A. Mejia (2008). "Nests and Nesting Behavior of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in Abandoned Bauxite Mines in the Dominican Republic". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 120 (4): 867–871. doi:10.1676/08-001.1. S2CID85973776.
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Tarburton, M.K. (1993). "A Comparison of the Breeding Biology of the Welcome Swallow in Australia and Recently Colonized New Zealand". Emu. 93 (1): 34–43. Bibcode:1993EmuAO..93...34T. doi:10.1071/MU9930034.
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Tyrrell, Luke P.; Fernández-Juricic, Esteban (2017). "The hawk-eyed songbird: Retinal morphology, eye shape, and visual fields of an aerial insectivore". The American Naturalist. 189 (6): 709–717. doi:10.1086/691404. ISSN0003-0147. PMID28514631. S2CID3923166.
Norberg, R. Ake (1994). "Swallow Tail Streamer is a Mechanical Device for Self Deflection of Tail Leading Edge, Enhancing Aerodynamic Efficiency and Flight Manoeuvrability". Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 257 (1350): 227–233. Bibcode:1994RSPSB.257..227N. doi:10.1098/rspb.1994.0119. S2CID86592049.
Townsend, Jason; Esteban Garrido; Danilo A. Mejia (2008). "Nests and Nesting Behavior of Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) in Abandoned Bauxite Mines in the Dominican Republic". Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 120 (4): 867–871. doi:10.1676/08-001.1. S2CID85973776.
The American Topical Association lists more than 1000 depictions of swallows and martins on postage stamps around the world. See [1]Archived 2020-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
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Tyrrell, Luke P.; Fernández-Juricic, Esteban (2017). "The hawk-eyed songbird: Retinal morphology, eye shape, and visual fields of an aerial insectivore". The American Naturalist. 189 (6): 709–717. doi:10.1086/691404. ISSN0003-0147. PMID28514631. S2CID3923166.