Cliff Swallow Images and Information:
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Cliff Swallows have metallic blue bodies, rufous rumps and chins, a white crown, short legs and medium length, squared tails.
- Cliff Swallows feed while in flight and consume flies, beetles, ants, butterflies, midges, mosquitoes, grasshoppers, crickets, damselflies, mayflies, lacewings, wasps and bees.
- They are migratory and can be found throughout much of North America.
- Cliff Swallows prefer habitats that include open areas near lakes, ponds, marshes, canyons, foothills, river valleys, fields, parks and meadows. These areas must have structures or cliffs for them to nest in the area.
- Cliff Swallows lay 1 to 6 eggs which take 14 to 16 days to hatch. Both Sexes incubate and they are monogamous, colonial nesters.
- A group of swallows is called a “kettle” of swallows.
- Cliff Swallows can live up to 11 years.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Cliff Swallow photos.
Adult Cliff Swallow perched on a dead branch
Title: Adult Cliff Swallow perched on a dead branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 7/9/2021
Cliff Swallow watching another bird flying overhead
Title: Cliff Swallow watching another bird flying overhead
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2021
Cliff Swallows fighting
Title: Cliff Swallows fighting
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2021
Cliff Swallows fighting on the ground
Title: Cliff Swallows fighting on the ground
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2021
One adult Cliff Swallow attacking another swallow
Title: One adult Cliff Swallow attacking another swallow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2021
Cliff Swallow adult gathering nesting material
Title: Cliff Swallow adult gathering nesting material
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2021
Adult Cliff Swallow fluttering its wings on the ground
Title: Adult Cliff Swallow fluttering its wings on the ground
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/22/2021
Back view of an adult Cliff Swallow
Title: Back view of an adult Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2021
Cliff Swallow warming up on a dirt road
Title: Cliff Swallow warming up on a dirt road
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 4/12/2021
Immature Cliff Swallow in early morning light
Title: Immature Cliff Swallow in early morning light
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 9/4/2019
Blue sky with a juvenile Cliff Swallow
Title: Blue sky with a juvenile Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
Juvenile Cliff Swallow looking towards the sky
Title: Juvenile Cliff Swallow looking towards the sky
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
Early morning juvenile Cliff Swallow
Title: Early morning juvenile Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 6/23/2019
Grumpy looking Cliff Swallow
Title: Grumpy looking Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Adult Cliff Swallow
Title: Adult Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/2/2019
Nest building Cliff Swallows
Title: Nest building Cliff Swallows
Location: Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2017
Cliff Swallow resting near the Red Rock River
Title: Cliff Swallow resting near the Red Rock River
Location: Red Rock River, Centennial Valley, Beaverhead County, Montana
Date: 6/5/2016
Bear River Cliff Swallow
Title: Bear River Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2015
Preening Cliff Swallow
Title: Preening Cliff Swallow
Location: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Box Elder County, Utah
Date: 5/11/2015
Cliff Swallow nests
Title: Cliff Swallow nests
Location: East Canyon State Park, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/22/2014