#1347 · 🐦 birds

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

🇳🇱 Noord-Amerikaanse Ruwvleugelzwaluw ·Stelgidopteryx serripennis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Jing-Yi Lu · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jim Johnson · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Tommy Farquhar · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jeremy Graves · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Pistakee Lake, Fox Lake, IL, US:© birdcite-ing · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Van Wagner's Ponds, Hamilton, ON, Canada:© Joanne Muis Redwood · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Uptown, Chicago, IL, USA:© joylkmus · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Griffith Park, Los Angeles, CA, US:© M.R. Perry · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Fort Sumter Ferry Terminal, Charleston, SC 29412, USA:© bonnieeamick · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. El Paso, TX, USA:© Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The northern rough-winged swallow ( Stelgidopteryx serripennis ) is a small, migratory swallow. It is very similar to the southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 35,758iNaturalist observations
weight 13.9 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
35,758 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 14 g.
Scientifically named by John James Audubon in 1838 (188 years ago).