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Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
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RANGE: Breeds from southeastern Alaska, central
British Columbia, and southern Alberta to southwestern Quebec
and central Maine south to Central America and south-central and
southwestern Florida. Winters from southern Texas, southern
Louisiana, and southern Florida south to Mexico and Central
America.
STATUS: Fairly common.
HABITAT: Inhabits open country, including open woodlands,
wherever a suitable nest site near water can be found. In the
East, frequents rocky gorges, shale banks, stony road cuts,
railroad embankments, river valleys, and stream banks. In the
Midwest and West, often found around gravel pits, stream banks,
and other exposed banks of sand, dirt, or gravel.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Suitable nest sites preferably
near, but up to 1/2 mile from water.
NEST: Excavates nests in banks of clay, sand, or gravel or uses
abandoned bank swallow or kingfisher burrows and sometimes
natural rock crevices, drainpipes, culverts, cracks in bridges,
and crevices in buildings. May nest singly, in scattered groups,
or in small colonies; tends to be more colonial in the western
part of its range.
FOOD: Feeds on the wing, catching primarily flies and other
flying insects.
REFERENCES: Adamus et al. 2001, Beal 1918, DeGraff et al. 1980,
Johnsgard 1979, Lunk 1962, Miller 1999, Shunk 2004.. |
