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− | [[Image:Cliff_Swallow.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:Cliff_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by forcreeks]] |
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5-6" (13-15 cm). Sparrow-sized. A stocky, square-tailed swallow with pale buff rump. Upperparts dull steel-blue; underparts buff-white; throat dark chestnut; forehead white. Southwestern birds have chestnut foreheads. Cave Swallow of Texas and Southwest is similar but smaller, with darker rump and pale buff throat. | 5-6" (13-15 cm). Sparrow-sized. A stocky, square-tailed swallow with pale buff rump. Upperparts dull steel-blue; underparts buff-white; throat dark chestnut; forehead white. Southwestern birds have chestnut foreheads. Cave Swallow of Texas and Southwest is similar but smaller, with darker rump and pale buff throat. | ||
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− | Habitat Open country near buildings or cliffs; lakeshores and marshes on migration. | + | ==Voice== |
+ | Constant squeaky chattering and twittering. | ||
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+ | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Open country near buildings or cliffs; lakeshores and marshes on migration. | ||
Nesting 4-6 white eggs in a gourd-shaped structure of mud lined with feathers and placed on a sheltered cliff face or under eaves. Nests in colonies. | Nesting 4-6 white eggs in a gourd-shaped structure of mud lined with feathers and placed on a sheltered cliff face or under eaves. Nests in colonies. | ||
− | Range Breeds from Alaska, Ontario, and Nova Scotia southward through most of United States except Southeast. Winters in tropics. | + | ==Range== |
+ | Breeds from Alaska, Ontario, and Nova Scotia southward through most of United States except Southeast. Winters in tropics. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Petrochelidon+pyrrhonota+ View more images of Cliff Swallow in the gallery] | *[http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/showgallery.php?mcats=all&what=allfields&si=Petrochelidon+pyrrhonota+ View more images of Cliff Swallow in the gallery] | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] |
Revision as of 21:23, 7 July 2007
- Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Identification
5-6" (13-15 cm). Sparrow-sized. A stocky, square-tailed swallow with pale buff rump. Upperparts dull steel-blue; underparts buff-white; throat dark chestnut; forehead white. Southwestern birds have chestnut foreheads. Cave Swallow of Texas and Southwest is similar but smaller, with darker rump and pale buff throat.
Voice
Constant squeaky chattering and twittering.
Habitat
Open country near buildings or cliffs; lakeshores and marshes on migration.
Nesting 4-6 white eggs in a gourd-shaped structure of mud lined with feathers and placed on a sheltered cliff face or under eaves. Nests in colonies.
Range
Breeds from Alaska, Ontario, and Nova Scotia southward through most of United States except Southeast. Winters in tropics.