Cliff Swallow

Hirondelle à front blanc

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

• Description

  Adult Cliff Swallows have a white forehead and buffy rump, features lacking in the blackish juveniles. Preferred habitat is open country in the vicinity of water. They arrive in early May, leave in early September, and nest in large colonies on bridges and under the eaves of our buildings.

• Habitat

  Coastal Shorelines, Coastal Zone, Fields, Forest, Forest Edges, Fresh Water Ponds, Freshwater Marshes, Salt Marshes

• Interesting Fact

  Both sexes gather the 1,600 or more mud pellets required to build
 a nest.