Cliff Swallow
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
According to authorities Charles R. and Mary B. Brown, The Birds of North America, the Cliff Swallow is one of the most social - and more quarrelsome - of all our landbirds.
Cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Identification Tips:
Length: 5 inches
Tiny bill
Pale orange rump and forehead (dark in some southwestern birds)
Blackish cap, throat and upperparts
Side of neck brown
Tip of tail squared ...
Cliff Swallow
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Cliff Swallow ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota )
Cliff Swallow, Link Canal, Summer Lake Wildlife Refuge, Oregon
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Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
The Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) breeds across most of the United States, Canada and Mexico. The species winters in South America.
Cliff Swallows are the species celebrated upon their spring return to the mission in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Cliff Swallow Behaviour
No observations regarding Cliff Swallow behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Cliff Swallows ...
Cliff Swallow
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Cliff Swallow
Hirundo pyrrhonota Vieillot
Status Uncommon in summer. Breeds. The first Cliff Swallows generally appear in early May (average 6 May, earliest 21 April). In summer.
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Described by: Vieillot (1817)
Alternate common name(s): American Cliff Swallow, American Cliff-Swallow, North American Cliff-Swallow
Old scientific name(s): Hirundo pyrrhonota ...
FULVOUS or CLIFF SWALLOW, Hirundo fulva, Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. i. p. 63.
HIRUNDO FULVA, Bonap. Syn., p. 64.
FULVOUS or CLIFF SWALLOW, Hirundo fulva, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 603.
REPUBLICAN or CLIFF SWALLOW, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. i. p. 353; vol. v.
Cliff Swallow (Hirundo pyrrhonota)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Purple Martin (Progne subis) ...
1. Cliff Swallows at Angel Island
2. Pair of Common Goldeneye
3. Common Goldeneye male (round spot on face) on Lake Merritt, Oakland, CA ...
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota. Breeder. Common in spring, summer, and early fall in Tennessee Valley. In Gulf Coast region, fairly common in spring, summer, and fall.
Cliff Swallows at Grant D. Morse Elementary
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The Cliff Swallow is a small bird largely found in North America and Mexico. It will also rarely be found in western Europe.
Cliff Swallow; two visible nests on the light house at Fort Constitution were deserted.
They may also roost in rock crevices, old buildings, carports, under bridges, and even in abandoned cliff swallow nests. The cave myotis is the most abundant bat of the Edwards Plateau and hibernates in central Texas caves in winter.
Cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Eurasian crag-martin (Hirundo rupestris)
Red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica)
African river-martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina)
White-tailed swallow (Hirundo megaensis) ...
Significant differences in abundance were not found, or differences were too inconsistent to make conclusions, for Killdeer, Barn Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Tree Swallow, Swamp Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Common Grackle, ...
Two species that construct nests composed of little mud pellets
are the cliff swallow, whose closed nests can often be found in
rows on the outside walls of barns, and the cave swallow, whose
nests are open at the top.
Beecher, M., M. Medvin, P. Stoddard. 1993. Signals for parent-offspring recognition: a comparative analysis of the begging calls of Cliff Swallows and Barn Swallows. Animal Behavior, 45: 841-850.
Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel
Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
Chestnut-collared Swallow Petrochelidon rufocollaris ...
Groups of bats roost together in the summer, under bridges, in buildings, mines, or caves, and even in mud nests made by cliff swallows.
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Purple Martin (Progne subis)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) ...
 See also: Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple, Sparrow, Martin
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