Northern rough-winged swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Identification Tips:
- 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.