Cliff Swallow Images and Information:
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cliff Swallows have metallic blue bodies, rufous rumps and chins, a white crown, short legs and medium length, squared tails.
- Cliff Swallows feed while in flight and consume flies, beetles, ants, butterflies, midges, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, crickets, damselflies, mayflies, lacewings, wasps and bees.
- They are migratory and can be found throughout much of North America.
- Cliff Swallows prefer habitats that include open areas near lakes, ponds, marshes, canyons, foothills, river valleys, fields, parks and meadows. These areas must have structures or cliffs for them to nest in the area.
- Cliff Swallows lay 1 to 6 eggs which take 14 to 16 days to hatch. Both Sexes incubate and they are monogamous, colonial nesters.
- A group of swallows is called a “kettle” of swallows.
- Cliff Swallows can live up to 11 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Cliff Swallow photos.
Hundreds of swallows at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Title: Hundreds of swallows at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/28/2013
Juvenile Cliff Swallow (pale-throated variant?)
Title: Juvenile Cliff Swallow (pale-throated variant?)
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/26/2011
Cliff Swallow juvenile
Title: Cliff Swallow juvenile
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/26/2011
Cliff Swallow in flight
Title: Cliff Swallow in flight
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/20/2011
Cliff Swallow gathering nesting materials
Title: Cliff Swallow gathering nesting materials
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/13/2011
Cliff Swallow at Bear River
Title: Cliff Swallow at Bear River
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/30/2010
Cliff Swallow collecting mud for its nest
Title: Cliff Swallow collecting mud for its nest
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2010
Cliff Swallow with nesting material
Title: Cliff Swallow with nesting material
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/27/2010
Cliff Swallow nests in northern Montana
Title: Cliff Swallow nests in northern Montana
Location: Glacier County, Montana
Date: 6/4/2009
Cliff Swallow flock on Phragmites Pano
Title: Cliff Swallow flock on Phragmites Pano
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2009
Cliff Swallow at mud puddle
Title: Cliff Swallow at mud puddle
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2009
Cliff Swallow gathering mud
Title: Cliff Swallow gathering mud
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/29/2009