#0958 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Crag-Martin

🇳🇱 Rotszwaluw ·Ptyonoprogne rupestris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The Eurasian crag martin or just crag martin ( Ptyonoprogne rupestris ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. 5 in) long with ash-brown upperparts and paler underparts, and a short, square tail that has distinctive white patches on most of its feathers. It breeds in the mountains of southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southern Asia. It can be confused with the three other species in its genus, but is larger than both,...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,590iNaturalist observations
weight 20 gadult, up to
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).