page_title: List of birds of New Hampshire
section_title: Swallows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of New Hampshire / Swallows
caption_attribution_description: The bank swallow has a unique distinguishing characteristic in that it is the only swallow that does not build a nest. Instead it forages holes reference &lt;a href="http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall00Projects/Bankswallow.html" rel="nofollow"&gt;bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/Fall00Projects/Bankswallow.html&lt;/a&gt; It is North America's smallest swallow.
context_page_description: This list of birds of New Hampshire includes species documented in the U.S. state of New Hampshire and accepted by the New Hampshire Rare Bird Committee of New Hampshire Audubon. As of April 2010, the list contained 398 species. Of them, 110 are on the review list and five have been introduced to North America. Three are extinct and three have been extirpated. To this list are added 11 hypothetical species, and 18 species with eBird records since the official list was published through June 2020. These 29 species are also tagged. A few species whose only records are almost surely of escaped or released birds are not included here.
  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.
  Unless otherwise noted, the species listed below are considered to occur regularly in New Hampshire as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants.
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 New Hampshire.
  Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
  Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
  Violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina (R) (H)
  Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis
  Purple martin, Progne subis
  Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
  Cave swallow, Petrochelidon fulva (R)
caption: Bank swallow
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