page_title: List of birds of Kentucky
section_title: Swallows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Kentucky / Swallows
caption_attribution_description: Hirundo rustica erythrogaster, Oso Flaco Lake, California, USA English: Barn Swallow
context_page_description: This list of birds of Kentucky includes species documented in the U.S. state of Kentucky by the Kentucky Bird Records Committee of the Kentucky Ornithological Society through December 2017. Three additional species have been accepted by the KBRC but not yet added to the published list, and one more species has been documented but not yet assessed by the KBRC. Of these 391 species, 101 are classed as accidental and six were introduced to North America. Four are extinct and three have been extirpated. An additional nine species are hypothetical as defined below. Birds that are considered probable escapees, although they may have been sighted flying free, are not included.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  The following tags are used to designate some species:
  Accidental - A species on the Kentucky review list, for which the KOS requires documentation
context_section_description: Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae
  The family Hirundinidae is adapted to aerial feeding. They have a slender streamlined body, long pointed wings, and a short bill with a wide gape. The feet are adapted to perching rather than walking, and the front toes are partially joined at the base. Seven species have been recorded in Kentucky.
  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
  Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
  Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  Purple martin, Progne subis
  Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  Cave swallow, Petrochelidon fulva (A)
caption: Barn swallow
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