Northern rough-winged swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Identification Tips:

• Length: 4.75 inches
• Tiny bill
• Warm brown upperparts
• White underparts with dusky throat and breast
• Forked tail
• Most often seen flying
• Nests in holes (burrows, crevices) near water

Similar species:

The Northern Rough-winged Swallow is similar to Bank and immature Tree Swallow but has warmer brown upperparts and a dusky throat and breast. It lacks the breast band of the Bank Swallow and is larger.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.