ニシイワツバメ

Meanings

1

common house martin

usually written using kana alone

A migratory songbird, Delichon urbicum, known for its mud nests on buildings. In Japanese, the name is usually written in katakana as ニシイワツバメ.

ニシイワツバメは春はるになるとヨーロッパから渡わたってくる。
The common house martin migrates from Europe in spring.
あの建たて物ものの軒のき下したにニシイワツバメの巣すがある。
There is a common house martin's nest under the eaves of that building.