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Cliff Swallow - (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Audio
Identification
- Small, songbird
- Dark above with pale rump and pale
forehead - White below, dark throat
- Square tail
- 5.5" (14 cm.)
Habitat
- Open areas, lakes, rivers for foraging
- Nesting habitat -- buildings, bridges, cliffs
Additional Information
- Common migrant, fairly common
summer resident - Colonial nester --multiple nests in one area
- Often build nests on the under side of
bridges and under barn eaves, also on natural cliff sites - Nests are made of mud and are nearly enclosed, with a small hole for
entrance and exit
Comparable Species | ![Cliff Swallows (photo by Dan Jackson) Group of Cliff Swallows on a mud flat](/Images/Birds/CliffSwallow2_500_Jackson.jpg)
![Cliff Swallow (photo by Dan Jackson) Cliff Swallow peeking out from nest](/Images/Birds/CliffSwallow_500_Jackson.jpg)
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