Order
Passeriformes
Family
Hirundinidae
Genus
Petrochelidon
 
Neotropical Birds
Version  1.0
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Chestnut-collared Swallow Petrochelidon rufocollaris

I. S. Malekan
Version: 1.0 — Published June 23, 2010

Breeding

Introduction

Breeds in colonies. In western Ecuador, nesting is during the rainy season (January-August; Ridgely and Greenfield 2001a); nesting also observed in northern Peru in June (Schulenberg and Parker 1981).

The nest is a large enclosed structure of mud, similar to the nests of Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota), but with a long neck (Schulenberg and Parker 1981). These nests differ from the nests of Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva), which are a mud cup (West 1995). Breeds regularly in towns and cities both in Ecuador and in Peru, placing the nests on the walls of human habitations; presumably the natural nesting sites were on cliffs. There are no descriptions of the eggs, and no further information on the breeding of Chestnut-collared Swallow.

Recommended Citation

Malekan, I. S. (2010). Chestnut-collared Swallow (Petrochelidon rufocollaris), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.chcswa2.01
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