Bank Swallow
(Riparia riparia)
Conservation • Description • Habitat • Ecology • Distribution • Taxonomy
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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 |
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Size |
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4¾″ to 5½″ in length 13″ wingspan |
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Habitat |
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Steep banks, lakeshore bluffs, open areas |
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Ecology |
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Migration |
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Mid-April to September |
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Distribution |
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Common migrant, local breeder |
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The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map |
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Taxonomy |
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| Class | Aves (birds) | ||
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Passeriformes (perching birds) | ||
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Hirundinidae (swallows and martins) | ||
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Riparia (bank swallows) | ||
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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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Subordinate Taxa |
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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) |
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| Bank Swallow (Hirundinidae: Riparia riparia) Preening Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on May 13, 2010 Photographed at Kellys Slough NWR, North Dakota (13 May 2010). |
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| Bank Swallows Close Up Larry Jordan |
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About
Published on Jun 8, 2013 This video begins with Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) digging burrows in a sandy bank, even though there are already many burrows available. Burrows are dug with the bill, feet, and wings as birds cling to a slight projection on the bank face, and dig using their bill in a rapid, slashing motion and feet in a scratching motion. Dislodged material from inside the burrow is ejected with vigorous kicks and wriggling body and wing shuffling movements. |
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| Bank Swallow colony in Boise, Idaho May 2013 Stoddard Davenport |
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Published on Jun 24, 2013 No description available. |
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