TY - JOUR N2 - Here we report a photo−documented record of a barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica ) from the South Shetland Islands. We also review previous records of passerine vagrants in the Antarctic (south of the Antarctic Convergence Zone). This barn swallow is the first re− corded member of the Hirundinidae family on King George Island and is only the second passerine recorded in the South Shetland Islands. This sighting, along with previous records of austral negrito and austral trush represent the southernmost sightings of any passerine bird anywhere in the world. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/99507/PDF/10183_Volume32_Issue4_04_article.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/99507 PY - 2011 IS - No 4 EP - 360 DO - 10.2478/v10183−011−0021−9 KW - Antarctic KW - South Shetlands KW - barn swallow KW - vagrant birds KW - environmental monitoring A1 - Korczak-Abshire, Małgorzata A1 - Lees, Alexander C. A1 - Jojczyk, Agata PB - Polish Academy of Sciences PB - Committee on Polar Research DA - 2011 T1 - First documented record of barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) in the Antarctic SP - 355 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/99507 T2 - Polish Polar Research ER -