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Where does the Bank Swallow live?

Riparia riparia has 2,484,961 records in 210 countries and territories, from 1744 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow — Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeRiparia

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 726,649
Canada 236,453
Spain 218,738
United Kingdom 195,242
Sweden 194,311
Netherlands 149,875
Finland 127,101
Denmark 114,870
France 83,420
Norway 82,926
Poland 32,231
Portugal 31,701
Belgium 26,758
Germany 25,387
Israel 20,487
Russia 13,834
Ireland 13,323
Costa Rica 12,026
Türkiye 10,228
Mexico 8,920
Greece 6,828
Czechia 6,255
Colombia 5,898
Estonia 5,698
United Arab Emirates 5,251
South Africa 4,867
Ukraine 4,802
Bulgaria 4,736
India 4,626
Thailand 4,134
Uganda 4,087
Panama 4,070
Hungary 3,699
Austria 3,496
Italy 3,426
Peru 3,343
Argentina 3,127
Taiwan 3,090
Switzerland 3,014
China 2,739

Showing the top 40 of 210 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.