Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica / סנונית הרפתות

The Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) is a playable bird in Wingsy: Avian Adventures. Flies with an AI flock and sweeps swarming aerial midges over fields and paddocks. Roosts under poultry-shed eaves at dusk to fully restore stamina.

Barn Swallow perched, the 3D model from the game — The 3D model. This is the same model you fly in the game. Drag to turn it.

Barn Swallow gliding, the 3D model from the game — The 3D model. This is the same model you fly in the game. Drag to turn it.

Field notes

Scientific name	Hirundo rustica
Hebrew name	סנונית הרפתות
Wingspan	0.32 m
Weight	18 g
Top speed (in game)	75 km/h
Dive speed (in game)	95 km/h
Eats	midges
Ancestral nest	Mud cup under Shed A eaves
Signature mechanic	Boids Flocking & Insect Sweep
Movement	cannot walk and flies with a flock

How to play the Barn Swallow

Fly low and fast through the dark midge clouds over the paddocks. Holding R widens your gape but adds drag, so use it only inside a swarm.

R Insect Sweep: Aerial midges are caught automatically as you fly through swarms. Hold R to widen your gape (bigger catch radius, more drag).
T Rally Flock: T calls your flock into tight formation for a short speed draft.
C Twitter: liquid twittering song.

Story quest: The Dusk Insect Swarm

At dusk, clouds of flies rise over the horse paddocks. Catch 40 of them within 2 minutes. Your flock's catches count too. Reward: 380 XP. Start it at its golden marker on the map with G.

The real bird

Barn Swallows are the most widespread swallow on Earth. Many pass through Israel on migration between Europe and Africa, and some stay to breed in villages, gluing cup nests of mud pellets under eaves and inside barns. They hunt insects entirely on the wing, often low over fields and water.

The calls you hear in the game are real recordings from xeno-canto.org, credited in the game's sound credits.