Scientific Name: Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Residency:   Summers are spent throughout most of the state, year-round in Southwest corner.

Diet:   Eats insects while flying.

Predators:  Young and adults are preyed upon by toads, frogs, snakes, and mammals.

Nesting:  Nest is made of grass, leaves, twigs, moss and straw.  It is placed in a cavity such as a cave or a drainpipe.  It lays 4-8 white eggs per clutch, and has 1 brood per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes:     After breeding season they will form large flocks that roost together in marshes or fields.

Photo: Taken at Coon Bluff on March 25, 2007. For more photos, click on camera icon.

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