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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-western-house-martin/" title="The Western House Martin" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/whm1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="western house martin" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/whm1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/whm1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/whm1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The western house martin, aka common house martin, northern house martin, or house martin, can be found throughout Europe, western Asia, and Africa. They are a <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;passerine&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Any bird of the order Passeriformes that includes more than half of all bird species. Also known as perching birds, passerines generally have an anisodactyl arrangement of their toes (3 pointing forward and 1 back), which facilitates perching. There are more than 140 families and some 6,500 identified species, making the passerines the most numerous of the bird species.Passerines are divided into 3 suborders: New Zealand wrens; diverse birds found only in North and South America; and songbirds.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/passerine/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">passerine</a> bird from the swallow family. These birds are threatened by invasive species, which can bring about <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;predation&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Predators are animals (or an organisms) that kill and feed on another animal. The 1 that is killed to be eaten is called prey.Some examples or predators are: &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;raptors&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;wolves&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;snakes&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;cats&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;, and &#38;lt;strong&#38;gt;sharks&#38;lt;/strong&#38;gt;.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/predation/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">predation</a> and disease; and climate change, which [&#x2026;]</p>
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