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Northern rough winged swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Habitat:

foothills

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6 Comments

Jellis
Jellis 8 years ago

This looks like an adult. Too early for fledgling since they only started arriving.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 8 years ago

http://www.prbo.org/calpif/htmldocs/spec...
looks like we have a colony of these. Not very large though.They seemed to have arrived lately and were flying around.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 8 years ago

Ashley I saw it in flight and it did have a dark breast band. The habitat was riparian.

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Yes I guess bank swallow would be another option. Do you have any photos from the front, even if they are out of focus or anything? Being able to see if it has a breast band would differentiate between the two pretty easily!

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 8 years ago

Ashley,any possibility it is a Bank swallow? The wings do not have any cinnamon on them.

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

I really want to call this a rough-winged swallow. Tree swallows have a pretty deep "v" to the tail while perched, your bird doesn't have that. Also, tree swallows have a very distinct line on the face differentiating the white throat from the brown or blue face. Yours is a gradual change, just like rough-winged swallows have. It's also pretty early to have a fledgling tree swallow. Here's a link, see what you think: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/North...

HemaShah
Spotted by
HemaShah

California, USA

Spotted on Apr 5, 2015
Submitted on Apr 5, 2015

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