All birds/Hirundinidae/Northern Rough-winged Swallow
AI reconstruction of Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)AI

AI reconstruction created with Nano Banana 2 · 1K, grounded in the profile’s documented taxonomy, habitat, natural-history sources, and an open-license visual reference when available. It is an interpretive image, not documentary evidence. Image policy

PRB-0286Passeriformes

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Golondrina Aserrada

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

The northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) is a small, migratory swallow. It is very similar to the southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis.

FamilyHirundinidaeSwallows
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatshrublandsShrub
Primary dietInvertebrateInvertivore
Average mass14.3 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratory; Altitudinal migrant; Irregular / nomadic movements; Sedentary / residentAerial

Sound archive

Hear its voice

Explore real songs and calls. The spectrogram turns each sound into a visual trace of time and frequency.

XC1036979Recording 1 of 3call, flight call
Spectrogram of Northern Rough-winged Swallow: call, flight call
SpectrogramStelgidopteryx serripennis

Play: call, flight call by Bobby Wilcox

Choose another recording

Sound recorded by Bobby Wilcox · XC1036979 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

Every recording retains the creator, catalogue number, and license published by Xeno-canto. Metadata via GBIF

Island profile

Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Northern Rough-winged Swallow

The northern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) is a small, migratory swallow. It is very similar to the southern rough-winged swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
shrublands
Elevation
0–3000 m
Nest
Burrow / ground cavity · Building; Ground
Clutch
4–8 eggs
Social behavior
Social / flocking; Pairs / family groups; Singly and pairs; Solitary

Keep exploring

This bird belongs to 6 paths through the atlas.

Evidence trail

Sources, media & further reading