Scientific Name: Tachycineta thalassina

Residency: Spends summers in most of Arizona, everywhere but the southwestern corner.

Diet: Catches insects in the air and on the ground.

Predators:  Little information, House Wrens may destroy eggs in swallow nests near their own.

Nesting: Nest made of straw, grasses, twigs and rootlets, lined with feathers, and placed in a natural cavity or nest box. Eggs: 4-6 per clutch, white, 1-2 broods per year.

Nesting Records:

Notes: Have been observed helping other birds raise their young using the previous nest as their own, may nest in groups.

Photo: to be uploaded in the future.

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