Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
About Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Kingdom: Animals
- Phylum: Chordates
- Class: Birds
- Order: Perching Birds
- Family: Swallows
Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) Breeding range in North America extends from western and central Alaska eastward across Canada to the southern Hudson Bay region, Labrador, and Newfoundland, and south to central California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, northern Alabama, and North Carolina, and disjunctly to southern Texas and adjacent northeastern Mexico (northern Veracruz, northeastern San Luis Potosí, and extreme northern Coahuila) (Howell and Webb 1995, AOU 1998, Garrison 1999). In Eurasia, breeding extends from the Hebrides, Orkneys, northern Scandinavia, northern Russia, and Siberia south to the Mediterranean, Palestine, Iran, Afghanistan, northern India, southeastern China, and Japan (AOU 1998, Garrison 1999). Irregular breeding occurs south of these areas.
During the northern winter, the range in the Americas is mainly from eastern Panama southward, east of the Andes, to northern Argentina, Paraguay, and northern Chile, casually north to souithern California; also along Pacific slope of southern Mexico and in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; and in the Old World from the Mediterranean, Near East, northern India, and eastern China south to eastern Africa, Madagascar, Arabia, southern India, Southeast Asia, Borneo, and the Philippines (AOU 1998, Garrison 1999). See Turner and Rose (1989) for further details.
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Visits
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2003-01-19Hardap Dam, Namibia
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2007-04-25Fort Funston, United States of AmericaLocal name: Bank Swallow.
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2009-07-14Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong
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2010-05-29Saint George Island, United States of AmericaOne seen feeding on the south end of the island.
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2011-01-23Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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2012-07-12Yellowstone National Park, United States of America
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2013-02-02Pak Thale, Thailand
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2013-03-17Lake Merced , United States of America
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2014-07-12Ano Nuevo State Park, United States of America
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2014-07-18Nome-Kougarok Road, United States of America
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2014-07-19Nome-Teller Hwy, United States of America
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2015-10-28Parque Nacional Soberania, Panama
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2017-01-06Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Ruhija, Uganda
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2021-05-24Montrose Point, United States of America
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2021-05-25Montrose Point, United States of America
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2021-05-26Montrose Point, United States of America
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2021-05-27Montrose Point, United States of America
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2021-05-28Montrose Point, United States of America
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2021-05-29Montrose Point, United States of America
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2023-05-11Montrose Point, United States of America
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2023-09-29La Selva, Costa Rica
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2025-03-05Guadalmesi, Spain
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2025-03-07La Janda, Spain
