OTHER NAMES: N/A
Latin Etymology: Stelgidopteryx ("scraper wing") serripennis ("saw feather")
Adult Northern Rough-winged Swallows (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) at Sully Creek State Park, North Dakota - July 2024
Featured Subspecies: Stelgidopteryx serripennis seripennis
Weight: 10-18g / Length: 13-15cm / Wingspan: 27-30cm
NO UK STATUS / IUCN Red List: Least Concern
A small swallow native to North America, they are named for their oddly barbed feathers on their wings. Less colonial than many other hirundines, they frequently nest alone and resuse nests built by other species such as bank swallow (sand martins).
Related Species:
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Hirundinidae
Genus: Stelgipteryx
SUBSPECIES: S. s. serripennis, S. s. psammochrous, S. s. fulvipennis, S. s. stuarti, S. s. ridgwayi, S .s. burleighi
- Sighting Locations -
UNITED STATES - BA breeding Summer migrant across almost the entire Lower 48
- CHICAGO TO ALASKA ROADTRIP 2024: Seen in North Dakota
Further Notes: BirdForum Opus, IUCN Red List, RSPB, Wikipedia, Xeno-canto
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