Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Tachycineta
Species: Bicolor
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Updated April 26 2012
Tree Swallow (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - April 2010
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Hirundo
Species: Rustica
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Updated August 10 2011
Barn Swallows (sexes similar) - approx. 19 cm - Leslie Spit - May 2008
Barn Swallows (juvenile) - approx. 18 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Hirundo
Species: Rustica
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Updated August 10 2011
Barn Swallows (juvenile) - approx. 18 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - July 2007
Cliff Swallow (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Petrochelidon
Species: Pyrrhonota
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Updated Jun 9 2009
Cliff Swallow (sexes similar) with young - approx. 14 cm - Humber Valley (Humber Arboretum) - August 2007
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (sexes similar) -
approx. 14 cm
approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Stelgidopteryx
Species: Serripennis
More Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Updated April 29 2011
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (sexes similar) in Manitoba Maple - approx. 14 cm - Lower Don Valley (Leaside) - April 2011
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Barn Swallow (sexes similar) - approx. 19 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Hirundo
Species: Rustica
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Updated August 10 2011
Barn Swallow (sexes similar) - approx. 19 cm - Samuel Smith Park - May 2010
Purple Martin (male) - approx. 20 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Progne
Species: Subis
Purple Martin (male) - approx. 20 cm - High Park - June 2010
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Updated Nov 20 2010
Purple Martin (female) - approx. 20 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Progne
Species: Subis
Purple Martin (female) with young and House Sparrow - approx. 20 cm - High Park - July 2010
More Purple Martins
Updated Nov 20 2010
Bank Swallow nesting colony
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Riparia
Species: Riparia
Bank Swallow nesting colony - Bluffers Park - November 2010
Tree Swallow (juvenile) - approx. 14 cm
Tree Swallow (juvenile) - approx. 14 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2008
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Tachycineta
Species: Bicolor
More Tree Swallows
Updated April 26 2012
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Juveniles are gray-brown above
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (sexes similar) - approx. 14 cm - Samuel Smith Park - April 2010
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (sexes similar) -
approx. 14 cm
approx. 14 cm
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)
Genus: Stelgidopteryx
Species: Serripennis
More Northern Rough-winged Swallows
Updated April 29 2011
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Audio - updated July 24 2010
Audio - updated May 23 2012
Audio - updated May 27 2012