Northern Rough-winged Swallow

A small brown swallow with a white belly and a gray throat. Lacks the well-marked throat band of the Bank Swallow. Length: 13 cm.; weight: 18 g. Audio (M. Oberle). Breeds from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Winters primarily in the southeastern USA and Central America. Accidental in Puerto Rico (10 October, 2002, Central Coloso, Aguadilla).

TAXONOMY: PASSERIFORMES; HIRUNDINIDAE; Hirundininae


Photo: G. Beaton

References

Arendt, W.J. 1992. Status of North American migrant landbirds in the Caribbean region: a summary. Pp. 143-171 in Ecology and conservation of neotropical migrant landbirds (J.M. Hagan III and D.W. Johnston, eds.) Smithsonian Instit. Press, Washington, D.C.

Bent, A.C. 1942. Life histories of North American flycatchers, larks, swallows, and their allies. Smithsonian Instit. U.S. National Museum Bull. 179. (Reprinted by Dover Press, NY, 1963).

Dejong, M. J. 1996. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis). No. 234 in The birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, PA, and Am. Ornithol. Union, Washington, D.C.

Ehrlich, P.R., D.S. Dobkin, and D. Wheye. 1988. The birderÆs handbook: a field guide to the natural history of North American birds. Simon and Schuster/ Fireside, NY.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. A guide to the birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Princeton.

Raffaele, H.A. 1989. Una guía a las aves de Puerto Rico y las Islas Vírgenes. Publishing Resources, Inc., Santurce, PR.

Raffaele, H.A., J.W. Wiley, O.H. Garrido, A.R. Keith, and J.I. Raffaele. 1998. Guide to the birds of the West Indies. Princeton.

Turner, A. and C. Rose. 1989. Swallows & martins: an identification guide and handbook. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston.

Northern Rough-winged Swallow, Spanish text

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