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Southern Rough-winged Swallow
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Songbirds & other perching birds

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishSouthern Rough-winged Swallow
DutchZuid-Amerikaanse Ruwvleugelzwaluw
SpanishGolondrina barranquera
Chinese红翎毛翅燕
Scientific nameStelgidopteryx ruficollis (Vieillot, 1817)

About this species

The southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis) a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae, the swallows and martins. It is found in Central America from Honduras south, in every mainland South American country except Chile, on Trinidad, and as a vagrant to Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Tobago, and the Falkland Islands.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyHirundinidae
GenusStelgidopteryx

In Suriname

337Records in Suriname
2iNaturalist observations
1900First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para175
  • Brokopondo39
  • Sipaliwini31
  • Commewijne19
  • Paramaribo16
  • Wanica2
  • Nickerie1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

Sources & credits

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