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Cliff Swallow
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota · Hirundinidae
🐦 Bird118 regionsCommon in AlbertaLocation protected
Where it's found
Every region with Cliff Swallow in its dex, with the tier and number it has there.
| Region | Tier | No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda | Rare | #126 | |
| Argentina | Uncommon | #864 | |
| Aruba | Uncommon | #171 | |
| Bahamas | Rare | #226 | |
| Barbados | Rare | #128 | |
| Belize | Uncommon | #451 | |
| Bermuda | Uncommon | #192 | |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | Uncommon | #1060 | |
| Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | Rare | #160 | |
| Brazil | Uncommon | #1830 | |
| Canada | Common | #604 | |
| Cayman Islands | Uncommon | #165 | |
| Chile | Rare | #446 | |
| Colombia | Uncommon | #1722 | |
| Costa Rica | Uncommon | #787 | |
| Cuba | Rare | #253 | |
| Curaçao | Uncommon | #159 | |
| Ecuador | Rare | #1299 | |
| El Salvador | Uncommon | #396 | |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | Legendary | #120 | |
| Grenada | Rare | #111 | |
| Guadeloupe | Uncommon | #211 | |
| Guatemala | Rare | #573 | |
| Honduras | Uncommon | #569 | |
| Martinique | Rare | #149 | |
| Mexico | Common | #1147 | |
| Nicaragua | Uncommon | #524 | |
| Panama | Uncommon | #781 | |
| Paraguay | Uncommon | #488 | |
| Peru | Rare | #1444 | |
| Portugal | Rare | #524 | |
| Puerto Rico | Rare | #248 | |
| Saint Lucia | Rare | #113 | |
| Saint Martin (French part) | Legendary | #114 | |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Rare | #216 | |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | Rare | #094 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Rare | #342 | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Rare | #125 | |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Rare | #606 | |
| United States of America | Common | #1121 | |
| Uruguay | Rare | #389 | |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Rare | #955 | |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | Rare | #138 | |
| Alabama | Uncommon | #344 | |
| Alaska | Uncommon | #414 | |
| Alberta | Common | #192 | |
| Arizona | Common | #475 | |
| Arkansas | Common | #313 | |
| British Columbia | Uncommon | #438 | |
| California | Common | #619 | |
| Colorado | Common | #445 | |
| Connecticut | Uncommon | #329 | |
| Delaware | Rare | #295 | |
| District of Columbia | Uncommon | #228 | |
| Florida | Uncommon | #447 | |
| Georgia | Uncommon | #345 | |
| Idaho | Common | #334 | |
| Illinois | Uncommon | #339 | |
| Indiana | Uncommon | #305 | |
| Iowa | Common | #309 | |
| Kansas | Common | #342 | |
| Kentucky | Uncommon | #297 | |
| Louisiana | Uncommon | #347 | |
| Maine | Uncommon | #339 | |
| Manitoba | Uncommon | #314 | |
| Maryland | Uncommon | #343 | |
| Massachusetts | Uncommon | #376 | |
| Michigan | Uncommon | #355 | |
| Minnesota | Common | #353 | |
| Mississippi | Uncommon | #311 | |
| Missouri | Common | #311 | |
| Montana | Common | #357 | |
| Nebraska | Common | #354 | |
| Nevada | Common | #376 | |
| New Brunswick | Uncommon | #303 | |
| New Hampshire | Uncommon | #322 | |
| New Jersey | Uncommon | #359 | |
| New Mexico | Common | #455 | |
| New York | Uncommon | #417 | |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | Uncommon | #287 | |
| North Carolina | Uncommon | #359 | |
| North Dakota | Common | #294 | |
| Northwest Territories | Common | #216 | |
| Nova Scotia | Uncommon | #351 | |
| Nunavut | Rare | #145 | |
| Ohio | Uncommon | #353 | |
| Oklahoma | Common | #357 | |
| Ontario | Uncommon | #397 | |
| Oregon | Common | #439 | |
| Pennsylvania | Uncommon | #348 | |
| Prince Edward Island | Rare | #226 | |
| Québec | Uncommon | #369 | |
| Rhode Island | Rare | #296 | |
| Saskatchewan | Uncommon | #294 | |
| South Carolina | Uncommon | #330 | |
| South Dakota | Common | #331 | |
| Tennessee | Common | #328 | |
| Texas | Common | #570 | |
| Utah | Common | #386 | |
| Vermont | Uncommon | #297 | |
| Virginia | Uncommon | #378 | |
| Washington | Common | #411 | |
| West Virginia | Uncommon | #271 | |
| Wisconsin | Uncommon | #355 | |
| Wyoming | Common | #332 | |
| Yukon | Common | #243 | |
| Anguilla | Rare | #086 | Vagrant |
| Dominica | Rare | #104 | Vagrant |
| Dominican Republic | Rare | #213 | Vagrant |
| France | Rare | #620 | Vagrant |
| French Guiana | Rare | #669 | Vagrant |
| Greenland | Rare | #110 | Vagrant |
| Guyana | Rare | #544 | Vagrant |
| Iceland | Rare | #276 | Vagrant |
| Ireland | Rare | #377 | Vagrant |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Rare | #107 | Vagrant |
| Spain | Rare | #638 | Vagrant |
| Sweden | Rare | #505 | Vagrant |
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Field notes
What to look for
A stocky swallow with a square tail, a pale rusty rump, a white forehead and a dark throat; builds mud jugs under bridges.
Where
Bridges, cliffs and buildings near water across the province.
When
May to August.
Tips
Square tail and buff rump. Colonies of gourd-shaped mud nests.
Related species
Birds near it in Alberta's dex.
🐦Barn Swallow
#191 · Common🐦Sand Martin
#193 · Uncommon🐦Tree Swallow
#190 · Common🐦Eastern Kingbird
#194 · Common🐦Lapland Longspur
#189 · Uncommon🐦Western Kingbird
#195 · Uncommon
#191 · Common🐦Sand Martin
#193 · Uncommon🐦Tree Swallow
#190 · Common🐦Eastern Kingbird
#194 · Common🐦Lapland Longspur
#189 · Uncommon🐦Western Kingbird
#195 · Uncommon
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