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Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Passes through Florida on migration. Found in all 67 counties, across 16 habitats.

Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
16

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
On migration
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
All 67 counties
Habitats
16
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Florida 16

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

1 of 16

Coastal dunes and beaches

White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola
SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Southeast Florida Beach; South Florida Shell Hash Beach; Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation; Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach; Southwest Florida Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland; East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland; Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal WetlandGeorge Catlin, White Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola (1834-35): high white dunes with scattered clumps of dune plants above the Gulf. Santa Rosa Island near Pensacola, FloridaWhite Sand Bluffs, on Santa Rosa Island, Near Pensacola, George Catlin (1796-1872), 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Coastal tidal marshes (salinity not stated)

On the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida"
SummerMartin Johnson Heade, On the San Sebastian River (c. 1883-90): a tidal river winding through flat marsh under storm clouds at sunset. San Sebastian River, St. Augustine, FloridaOn the San Sebastian River, Floridalabel QS:Len,"On the San Sebastian River, Florida", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1883-1890. Public domain. Source record.

Freshwater marshes

The Great Florida Marsh
SummerSouth Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh; Floridian Highlands Freshwater MarshMartin Johnson Heade, The Great Florida Marsh (1886): open marsh and lily-dotted water beneath live oaks and cabbage palms. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, The Great Florida Marsh, 1886; North Carolina Museum of Art)The Great Florida Marsh, Martin Johnson Heade, 1886. Public domain. Source record.

Pine savannas

Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida
SummerEast Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet PrairieGeorge Catlin, Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida (1834-35): an open grassy savanna with a shallow pond, ringed by tall pines, with palmettos and red wildflowers. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Pine woods of Florida (George Catlin, 1834-35; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Beautiful Savannah in the Pine Woods of Florida, George Catlin, 1834-1835. Public domain. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise"
SummerOpen Water (Fresh); Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural LakeshoreMartin Johnson Heade, Florida Sunrise: still water and a palm-fringed shore glowing at dawn. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Florida (Heade, Florida Sunrise, c. 1890-1900)Florida Sunrisetitle QS:P1476,en:"Florida Sunrise"label QS:Len,"Florida Sunrise", Martin Johnson Heade, c. 1890-1900. Public domain. Source record.

Sounds, bays and tidal flats

Fort George Island, Florida
SummerOpen Water (Brackish/Salt)Thomas Moran, Fort George Island (1878): a tidal shore of wet sand and shallow water at the river mouth, with cabbage palms and a beached ship. Fort George Island, Florida (Thomas Moran, 1878; Smithsonian American Art Museum)Fort George Island, Florida, Thomas Moran, 1878. Public domain. Source record.

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

Depression ponds and limesinks

Shallow ponds in Coastal Plain depressions, such as limesinks and the ponds in some Carolina bays, that rise and fall with the seasons.

SummerCentral Florida Herbaceous Pondshore; Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore

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

Freshwater tidal marshes

Marshes along tidal rivers where the water is fresh but rises and falls with the tide.

SummerFlorida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh

Salt and brackish marshes

Coastal marshes flooded by salty or brackish tides.

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh; Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh; Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh

Pine flatwoods

Georgia Pines
SummerOnly within 250 m of water.East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory ModifierGeorge Inness, Georgia Pines (1890): tall, straight pines over an open, grassy floor in a south Georgia pine woods. Regional view: the painting does not name the exact site. Shown: Georgia pine woods (George Inness, 1890; site not named), a neighboring state.Georgia Pines, George Inness (1825-1894), 1890. Public domain. Source record.

Florida scrub

Evergreen scrub oaks, sand pine and rosemary on deep, white, drought-prone sand ridges, burned rarely but intensely; distinct from the longleaf and turkey oak sandhills.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.

Forest edges and thickets

Borders of forests, clearings and shrubby thickets.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Disturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub Regeneration

Prairies and grasslands

Open, grass-dominated places kept open by fire, grazing or thin soil, from tallgrass prairie to Piedmont prairies.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Florida Dry Prairie

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 (80)

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

In Florida 3

  • Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
  • South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
  • South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
Elsewhere in the South (34)
  • Appalachian Shale Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
  • Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
  • Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Cumberland Riverscour Summer.
  • Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Louisiana Beach Summer.
  • Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian Summer.
  • Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome 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.
  • Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Acid Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer.
  • Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer.
  • 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.
Northeast (7)
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.
  • Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Appalachian 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.
  • Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Midwest (7)
  • Central Interior Acidic Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Land cover and other classes (29)
  • Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
  • Barren Land Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Black Belt Calcareous Prairie and Woodland - Herbaceous Modifier 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.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
  • Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland 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.
  • Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
  • Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells 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.
  • South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
  • Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
  • Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
  • Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Florida

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

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Florida, 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.

Bank Swallow uses many habitats in Florida; these are its 3 most characteristic.

Coastal dunes and beaches

Birds 128

Plants 187

All of coastal dunes and beaches in Florida

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Birds 117

Plants 1524

All of roadsides, fields and disturbed ground in Florida

Salt and brackish marshes

Birds 93

Plants 56

All of salt and brackish marshes in Florida

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

Sources