Bank Swallow
(Riparia riparia)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
Conservation Status |
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| IUCN Red List | LC - Least Concern |
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| NatureServe | N5B - Secure Breeding SNRB - Unranked Breeding |
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| Minnesota | not listed |
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Description
Size
Total length: 4¾″ to 5½″
Wingspan: 13″
Voice
The call is a short chirr or shrrit, often rapidly repeated.
Similar Species
Habitat
Steep banks, lakeshore bluffs, open areas
Ecology
Migration
Mid-April to September
Nesting
Food
Distribution
Occurrence
Common migrant, local breeder
Maps
The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map
Taxonomy
Class
Aves (birds)
Order
Passeriformes (perching birds)
Family
Hirundinidae (swallows and martins)
Subfamily
Hirundininae
Genus
Riparia (sand martins, plain martins, and allies)
Subordinate Taxa
Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia riparia) 
Kamchatka Sand Martin (Riparia riparia ijimae)
Nile Sand Martin (Riparia riparia shelleyi)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia eilata)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia innominata)
Sand Martin(Riparia riparia taczanowskii)
Synonyms
Hirundo riparia
Common Names
The bird known as Bank Swallow in North America is known as Sand Martin or Common Sand-Martin in Europe and the rest of the world. A proposal to the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) was made in 2004 to change the New World name to conform to that used in the Old World. The proposal was rejected.
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Bank Swallow
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Bank Swallow
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Other Videos
Bank Swallow (Hirundinidae: Riparia riparia) Preening
Carl Barrentine
Bank Swallows Close Up
Larry Jordan
Bank Swallow colony in Boise, Idaho May 2013
Stoddard Davenport
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