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Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Passes through Alabama on migration. Found in all 67 counties, across 17 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
17

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
17
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 17

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 17

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Georgia pond and emergent wetland
SummerOpen Water (Fresh)Regional / representative. Shown: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Georgia; representative pond ecosystem, a neighboring state.Georgia pond and emergent wetland, Robert 'Bob' Hynes, 1997. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.

SummerUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland

Coastal Plain seepage bogs

Open, wet, seepage-fed bogs of the Coastal Plain and Sandhills, often with pitcher plants.

SummerSouthern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

Tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts where the source does not say whether the water is fresh, brackish or salt. A stated salinity files the marsh under freshwater tidal marshes or salt and brackish marshes instead.

Summer

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Pine savannas

Open, fire-kept longleaf pine stands over grasses and wildflowers on wet to moist sandy soil.

SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

SummerMississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Salt and brackish open water of sounds, bays and estuaries, with the mud and sand flats and seagrass beds that tides cover and uncover; the vegetated marsh is salt and brackish marshes.

SummerOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCumberland Riverscour; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Cliffs, ledges and rocky summits

Trees and rocks on Little Kennesaw Mountain.
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Piedmont CliffNamed place / source context. Shown: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia, a neighboring state.Trees and rocks on Little Kennesaw Mountain., Unidentified in HFC record, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Glades, barrens and outcrops on limestone

Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa County
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff; Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland; Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and BarrensLimestone cedar glade. Shown: Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Catoosa County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Cedar Glade Number 5, Chickamauga and Chattanooga NMP, Catoosa County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Solution pits, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Interior Acid Cliff; Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome; Cumberland Sandstone Glade and BarrensSolution pits on granite. Shown: Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Solution pits, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, DeKalb County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Prairies and grasslands

Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier; East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and WoodlandLimestone prairie. Shown: Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Georgia, a neighboring state.Grand Prairie, Coosa Valley Prairies, Floyd County, Alan M. Cressler / U.S. Geological Survey, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Pine flatwoods

Flat, sandy Coastal Plain pine woodlands, wetter than sandhills and denser than savannas.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Developed, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Disturbed, Non-specific; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
Other habitats in its models (86)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
  • Barren Land Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer.
  • Louisiana Beach Summer.
  • Southeast Florida Beach Summer.
  • South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Beach Summer.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Appalachian Circumneutral Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Woodland Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Florida Dry Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
  • Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

  • Migratory: does not nest here, in all 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Plants 643

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 256

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources