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Where does the Southern Rough-winged Swallow live?

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis has 412,389 records in 27 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2026. Most records come from Colombia.

Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow β€” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 Β· source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeStelgidopteryx

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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
Colombia 117,805
Brazil 97,948
Costa Rica 58,073
Ecuador 39,083
Panama 35,810
Peru 26,668
Venezuela 11,906
Argentina 9,868
Trinidad & Tobago 5,973
Uruguay 3,245
Bolivia 2,157
Guyana 1,394
Paraguay 1,127
Honduras 450
Nicaragua 370
Suriname 284
Mexico 83
United States 62
French Guiana 40
Guatemala 16
Bonaire 8
Belize 7
CuraΓ§ao 4
Aruba 3
Grenada 2
Falkland Islands 1
El Salvador 1

Related animals

Others in the family Hirundinidae.

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Common House-Martin
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Bank Swallow
Bank Swallow
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Welcome Swallow
Welcome Swallow
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blue-and-white swallow
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Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.