Field Guide for all the Birds of North America
Bank Swallow
Hirondelle de rivage
Riparia riparia
Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities
Life, Habitat & Pictures of North American Swallows
| B L | W W | W | Family | Latin Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.25" 13.33cm | 13" 33cm | 0.5 oz 14.17g | Hirundinidae | Riparia riparia |
North American Bird Calls
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- Click here to hear Choice 2
- Summer
- Year Around
- Winter
Distribution: The Bank Swallow makes its nest by digging horizontal holes into the soft earth in the sides of sand quarries, river banks and ridges. It is found throughout most of North America in the breeding season, from Newfoundland and Labrador, northeastern Quebec and across all of Ontario, through all the prairie provinces and into the Northwest and Yukon Territories and most of Alaska. Also, south along the Pacific coast to the central regions of Nevada, across to the Atlantic coast and north into New Brunswick. It spends its winter months in the tropics.
References to Other Bird Sites:
Avibase - the world bird database This site provides the user with a complete list of bird species, broken down per country, or in the example of the US or Canada, per state and province. Here, bird species names are available in other languages, a great asset to be used as a translation of foreign bird names.
ABA - American Birding Association This site represents an organization that maintains official records of all birds species that have been proven to have been seen inside the perimeters of the North American Continent and the surrounding bodies of water. Regular revised versions are posted to keep the bird list current at all times. This is the list used by all serious birders over their lifetime. You may be aware of the movie called the "Big Year". It was with this list that all the competing birders used in an attempt to set a new record as to how many bird species that could be seen by an individual birder in one calendar year.
I hope you will take advantage of these suggested websites. I have used each of them, in one way or another, throughout the years in my quest to better identify and understand our fine feathered friends.
