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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

A summer resident that nests in Arkansas. Found in all 75 counties, across 4 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
4

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
All 75 counties
Habitats
4
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Arkansas 4

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

1 of 4

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

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerOnly within 500 m of water.Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerOnly within 500 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 (31)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Arkansas. Those recorded in Arkansas first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (10)
  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Northeast (1)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.
Land cover and other classes (20)
  • Barren Land Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Developed, High Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
  • Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Summer.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Forest Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Grassland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Burned Shrubland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Recently Logged Areas Summer, only within 500 m of water.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Arkansas

  • Summer: nests here, in all 75 counties.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Arkansas, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 85

Plants 888

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Arkansas

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 102

Plants 17

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Arkansas

Forest edges and thickets

Birds 45

Plants 142

All of forest edges and thickets in Arkansas

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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