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Common Name

Northern Rough Winged Swallow

Alternate Names

Common Type

Swallow

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae

Genus

Stelgidopteryx

Species

serripennis

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Texas

Number of Sub-Species

Six Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Usually found around water

Distribution and Range

Breed throughou the US then winter in Mexico and Central Amereica

Food

Flying insects caught by hawking

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Field Notes:

Is sociable in its nesting habits; from a dozen to many hundred pairs will nest close together, according to available space. The nests are at the end of tunnels of from a few inches to three or four feet in length, bored in sand or gravel.

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