The Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. In fact, it has the largest natural distribution of any of the world's passerines, ranging over 251 million square kilometers globally. In Anglophone Europe...
The Purple martin (Progne subis) is the largest swallow in North America. These birds are known for their speed, agility, and their characteristic mix of rapid flapping and gliding flight pattern. When approaching their nesting site, they dive from...
The Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is a migratory bird found in the Americas. It was first described in 1807 by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot as Hirundo bicolor. This bird spends most of its time flying and chasing after insects in...
The welcome swallow (Hirundo neoxena ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.It is a species native to Australia and nearby islands, and self-introduced into New Zealand in the middle of the twentieth century. It is very similar to the...
The sand martin (Riparia riparia ), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family. It has a wide range in summer, embracing practically the whole of...
The violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina ) is a small North American passerine bird in the swallow family. These aerial insectivores are distributed along the west coast from Alaska to Mexico, extending as far east as Montana and Texas. With...
The northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis ) is a small, migratory swallow. It is very similar to the southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis.
The cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva ) is a medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow belonging to the same genus as the more familiar and widespread cliff swallow of North America. The cave swallow, also native to the Americas, nests and roosts...
The red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in open hilly country of temperate southern Europe and Asia from Portugal and Spain to Japan, India, Sri Lanka and tropical Africa. The Indian and...
The Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It can be confused with the three other species in its genus but is larger with brighter tail spots and different plumage tone.
The Golden swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is a small swallow endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola. It was once native to Jamaica, but is now extirpated there. The exact cause of its extirpation from Jamaica is unknown. The last sighting of...
The Common house martin (Delichon urbicum) is a migratory passerine bird which breeds in Europe, North Africa and across the Palearctic; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. It feeds on insects that are caught in flight, and it...
The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It has two subspecies: H. s. smithii, which occurs throughout Africa, and H. s. filifera, which is found in southern and southeastern Asia. It is mainly...
The Pacific swallow (Hirundo tahitica ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. It is resident apart from some local seasonal movements. This bird is associated with...
The white-eyed river martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae ) is a passerine bird, one of only two members of the river martin subfamily of the swallows. Since it has significant differences from its closest relative, the African river martin, it is...
The lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica ) is a large swallow. It breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa from Sierra Leone and southern Sudan south into eastern South Africa. It is partially migratory with South African birds wintering further north....
The rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family that is resident in central and southern Africa. It breeds mainly in the mountains, but also at lower altitudes, especially in rocky areas and around towns,...
The South African cliff swallow (Petrochelidon spilodera ), also known as the South African swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae native to central−western and southern Africa.It is found in Botswana, Republic of the Congo,...
The blue swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea ) is a small bird within the swallow family which is in the order Passeriformes. Swallows are somewhat similar in habits and appearance to other aerial insectivores, such as the martins (also a passerine) and...
The cliff swallow or American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota ) is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. The generic name Petrochelidon is derived from Ancient Greek petros meaning "rock" and khelidon...
The fairy martin (Petrochelidon ariel ) is a member of the swallow family of passerine birds which breeds in Australia. It is migratory wintering through most of Australia, with some birds reaching New Guinea and Indonesia. It is increasingly a...
The dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is about 13 cm (5 in) long with a broad body and wings, and a short square tail that has small white patches near the tips of most of its feathers....
The blue-and-white swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca ) is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin. The southern race is migratory, wintering as far north as Trinidad,...
The mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea ) is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in coastal regions from Mexico through Central America to Panama. It has blue-green upperparts, blackish flight feathers, a white rump, a black tail,...
The pied-winged swallow (Hirundo leucosoma ) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It has distinctive steel-blue upperparts with white wing patches. It is native to parts of West Africa.
The greater striped swallow (Cecropis cucullata ) is a large swallow that is native to Africa south of the equator.
The white-rumped swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa ) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. First described and given its binomial name by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817, it was for many years considered a subspecies of the...
The white-throated swallow (Hirundo albigularis ) is a small bird in the swallow family. It is a common species, found in southern Africa, which has benefited from the increased nesting opportunities presented by the construction of bridges and dams.
The red-breasted swallow (Cecropis semirufa ), also known as the rufous-chested swallow, is a member of the family Hirundinidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is confined to the tropical rainforest during the wet season.
The Asian house martin (Delichon dasypus ) is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family Hirundinidae. It has mainly blue-black upperparts, other than its white rump, and has pale grey underparts. Its three subspecies breed in the Himalayas...
The African river martin (Pseudochelidon eurystomina ) is a passerine bird, one of two members of the river martin subfamily of the swallow family, Hirundinidae. When discovered, it was not initially recognised as a swallow, and its structural...
The black saw-wing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera ), also known as the blue saw-wing or black rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
The brown-chested martin (Progne tapera ) is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the...
The tree martin (Petrochelidon nigricans ) is a member of the swallow family of passerine birds. It breeds in Australia, mostly south of latitude 20°S and on Timor island. It is migratory, wintering through most of Australia, New Guinea, Indonesia...
The Mascarene martin or Mascarene swallow (Phedina borbonica ) is a passerine bird in the swallow family that breeds in Madagascar and in the Mascarene Islands. The nominate subspecies occurs on Mauritius and Réunion and has never been found away...
The streak-throated swallow or the Indian cliff swallow (Petrochelidon fluvicola ) is a species of swallow found as Native (breeder, year-round resident or winter visitor) in South Asia in the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and...
The brown-throated martin or brown-throated sand martin (Riparia paludicola ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It was first formally described as Hirundo paludicola by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817 in his Nouveau...
The Caribbean martin or white-bellied martin (Progne dominicensis ) is a large swallow.It has at various times been considered alternatively as a race of the purple martin, Progne subis.
The Bahama swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis ) is a swallow found only in the Bahamas.
The mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) is a large swallow. It is a resident breeder in much of sub-Saharan Africa, although most common in the west. It does not migrate but follows the rains to some extent.
The red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida ) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia. It has a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings.It was formerly considered a subspecies of the closely...
The grey-throated martin or Asian plain martin (Riparia chinensis ) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.The grey-throated martin is found in open habitats such as farmland, grassland and savannah, usually near water. It is found from...
