Bank Swallow Photo Gallery
Small songbird with a small head and tiny bill. Adults are brown above with a brown breast band and a white swoosh on the neck.
© Darlene Friedman / Macaulay LibraryMichigan, July 31, 2020Adult
Nests in burrows excavated using its feet and bill, placed along banks and bluffs of rivers and streams, as well as gravel quarries and roadcuts.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryMissouri, June 01, 1999Not all videos have soundIn flight, note pale belly and darker wings with a brown band across the chest.
© Dana Siefer / Macaulay LibraryIowa, July 16, 2020Brown above and white below with a brown band across its chest.
© Adam Perrier / Macaulay LibraryYukon Territory, June 03, 2020Adults are brown above with a white throat that wraps up around the side of the neck. Note slightly forked tail.
© Darlene Friedman / Macaulay LibraryMichigan, July 31, 2020Habitat
Nests in burrows; forages for insects fairly low over fields, water, and other open areas.
© Oliver Burton / Macaulay LibraryBretagne, July 30, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Swallows(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Hirundinidae)
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