Bird

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in all 67 counties, across 8 habitats.

Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 8

Male Barn Swallow, whole bird — **Male**. (c) SteveM4560, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 375110519. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 67 counties
Habitats: 8
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in Florida 8

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

1 of 8

SummerSouth Florida Everglades Sawgrass MarshRegional / 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); 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 Wetland

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

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

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)

SummerOnly within 500 m of water.Successional Shrub/Scrub (Other); 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.

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 (20)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Developed, Medium Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Developed, High Intensity Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
Barren Land Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
Recently Logged Areas Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration 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.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 500 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland 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.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.