Stats

Lifespan

3-9 yrs

Size

Small

Diet

Insectivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Colony

Biome

Freshwater wetland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Flight

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Speed

Status

Common

About

Bank swallows are small, swarming birds that spend their summers in the Holarctic region. They migrate to Africa, Asia, and South America for the winter.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2. 2.
   hatchling

   A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3. 3.
   juvenile

   A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Hirundinidae

Genus

Riparia

Species

Riparia riparia