#1078 · 🐦 birds

Cliff Swallow

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse Klifzwaluw ·Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Dean Hester · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Kent Ross · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © brodiaea_max · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Josh van der Meulen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. © Micah Grove · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Xochitl Zambrano · CC BY 4.0
9. © bobc · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Lexine Schroeder · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The American cliff swallow ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae consisting of both swallow and martin species. The scientific name is derived from Ancient Greek; Petrochelidon originates from the petros meaning "rock" and khelidon "swallow", pyrrhonota comes from purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" and -notos "-backed".

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 37,698iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
37,698 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1817 (209 years ago).