Species: Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae

Genus

Stelgidopteryx

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Golondrina Ala Aserrada - hirondelle à ailes hérissées

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Hirundinidae - Stelgidopteryx - as a distinct species, though he not rule out the possibility that it actually is a species. See Sheldon and Winkler (1993) for information on intergeneric phylogenetic relationships of Hirundininae based on DNA-DNA hybridization.

Ecology and Life History

Migration

true - true - true - Long-distance migrant in the U.S. and Canada. Breeding populations from the lowlands and central interior of Mexico southward are generally sedentary (AOU 1983), though they may make local elevational migrations to coastal areas in winter. Usually migrates in small flocks; arrives in U.S. March-April. Migrates in Costa Rica early September-late October and early March-early May (Stiles and Skutch 1989).

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

true

Food Comments

Flys through air and catches insects (e.g., flies, wasps, bees, beetles). Swoops low over open ground or water. Occasionally may scavenge on ground.

Reproduction Comments

Clutch size is 4-8 (usually 6-7, but 4, rarely 5, in Costa Rica, Stiles and Skutch 1989). Incubation lasts 15-16 days, by female. Nestlings altricial. Young are tended by both adults, leave nest when 18-21 days old (Terres 1980). Will re-lay if first nesting attempt fails. Nest singly or in small scattered groups.

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Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-12-02

Global Status Last Changed

1996-12-02

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

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Global Range

BREEDS: southeastern Alaska (rarely), British Columbia, south through southern Canada, the U.S., Mexico, Guatemala, western Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Breeding range has expanded in the north over past several decades. WINTERS: southern Texas, southern Louisiana, and southern Florida south through breeding range to Panama.

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