page_title: List of birds of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
section_title: Swallows
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park / Swallows
caption_attribution_description: Violet-Green Swallow / Tachycineta thalassina
context_page_description: This is a comprehensive listing of all the bird species recorded in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, which is in the U.S. state of Colorado. Unless otherwise noted, this list is based on one published by the National Park Service. An additional 21 species have been added through eBird records through June 2020. The combined list contains 195 species.
  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 codes and definitions are used to annotate some species. The others are residents and regular migrants which a visitor can expect to see in the proper season and habitat. Many of the species which the NPS considers probably present have definitive eBird records.
  = Probably present - "High confidence species occurs in park but current, verified evidence needed" per the NPS
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.
  Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
  Violet-green swallow, Tachycineta thalassina
  Northern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx serripennis (O)
  Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
  Cliff swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
caption: Violet-green swallow
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