title: Muscle sample from Hirundo rustica(bHirRus1) for genome assembly
organism: Hirundo rustica
description: The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upper parts and a long, deeply forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Anglophone Europe it is just called the swallow; in Northern Europe it is the only common species called a "swallow" rather than a "martin". There are six subspecies of barn swallow, which breed across the Northern Hemisphere. Four are strongly migratory, and their wintering grounds cover much of the Southern Hemisphere as far south as central Argentina, the Cape Province of South Africa, and northern Australia. Its huge range means that the barn swallow is not endangered, although there may be local population declines due to specific threats. The barn swallow is a bird of open country that normally uses man-made structures to breed and consequently has spread with human expansion. It builds a cup nest from mud pellets in barns or similar structures and feeds on insects caught in flight. This species lives in close association with humans, and its insect-eating habits mean that it is tolerated by humans; this acceptance was reinforced in the past by superstitions regarding the bird and its nest. There are frequent cultural references to the barn swallow in literary and religious works due to both its living in close proximity to humans and its annual migration. The barn swallow is the national bird of Austria and Estonia.
attributes.tag: isolate
attributes.value: bHirRus1
attributes.tag: dev_stage
attributes.value: Adult
attributes.tag: sex
attributes.value: female
attributes.tag: tissue
attributes.value: Muscle
attributes.tag: biomaterial_provider
attributes.value: University of Milan
attributes.tag: birth_date
attributes.value: Unknown
attributes.tag: collected_by
attributes.value: Giulio Formenti, Nicola Saino
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2018-05-22
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Italy
attributes.tag: store_cond
attributes.value: Frozen
attributes.tag: treatment
attributes.value: Flash Frozen
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Model organism or animal