Least ConcernSand Martin
Riparia riparia
One of the 3 swallows on WAnimals
Birds · Passeriformes · Hirundinidae
Cecropis daurica
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
A swallow with a black back with a bluish sheen and pale, finely streaked underparts, whose most characteristic feature is its orange nape, face and rump. It is told apart from the barn swallow by having no red bib and by its uniformly black tail, long and deeply forked.
Weight
21 g – 25 g
Size
17 cm on average
Life expectancy
5 years
Diet
Insectivore
Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
In pairs
Usually lives in pairs, sometimes for life.
Estimated population
Some 100,000 pairs in Spain and around 300,000 breeding pairs in Europe
Sources consulted: SEO/BirdLife (ficha y III Atlas, De Lope 2022) · IUCN Red List · Asturnatura · De Lope 1981, Doñana Acta Vertebrata 8 · Keller et al. 2020, European Breeding Bird Atlas 2
Best time: From March to September in Spain; passage through the Strait is concentrated in October
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 49.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Red-rumped Swallow — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about red-rumped swallow.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
