Wire-tailed Swallow – Specimen 1 – ssp. filifera – Male
Details
Subspecies: Hirundo smithii filifera (Stephens, 1826)
Unique ID: FTLB-GJ-006001
Date: 17 October 2021
Gender: Male
Location: Shilaj, Gujarat, INDIA
Reason of death: Vehicular Impact
Overall
Weight: 11 gm
Wingspan: 294 mm
One wing: 132 mm
Body Length with Streamers: 254 mm
Body Length without Streamers: 147 mm
R5: Feather Length 20.57%, Wire Length 79.42%
Head & Beak
Head Length: 27.2 mm
Beak Length: 6.4 mm
Beak Width: 5.1 mm
Gape Length: 13.2 mm
Legs
Tibiotarsus: 20.1 mm
Tarsometatarsus: 11 mm