Bird
Cave Swallow
Petrochelidon fulva
A summer resident that nests in Florida. Found in 6 of 67 counties, across 4 habitats.
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 6 of 67 counties
- Habitats
- 4

At a glance
- Group
- Birds
- Here
- Summer
- Nesting
- Nests here
- Range
- 6 of 67 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 Florida 4
Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
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.
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.
Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground
Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.
Other habitats in its models (21)
Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Florida.
- Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
- Developed, High Intensity Summer.
- Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
- Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
- Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Northern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
- West Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Calcareous Prairie Summer.
- Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer.
- Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
- Recently Logged Areas Summer.
- Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Summer.
- Recently Burned Summer.
- Recently Burned Forest Summer.
- Recently Burned Grassland Summer.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland Summer.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland Summer.
- Introduced Upland Vegetation - Perennial Grassland and Forbland Summer.
- Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Summer.
- Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
Seasons in Florida
- Summer: nests here, in 6 of 67 counties.
Also found in this habitat
Plants 98
Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Florida. Shared habitat, not food.
- Sea OatsUniola paniculata
- Southern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia bombensis
- Northern Seaside SpurgeEuphorbia polygonifolia
- Dune Marsh-elderIva imbricata
- Muhlenbergia capillaris var. filipesMuhlenbergia capillaris var. filipes
- Sand Live OakQuercus geminata
- Serenoa repensSerenoa repens
- Tough BumeliaSideroxylon tenax
- Andropogon floridanusAndropogon floridanus
- Archidium minusArchidium minus
- Tall ThreeawnAristida patula
- Curtiss' MilkweedAsclepias curtissii
- Fourpetal PawpawAsimina tetramera
- Groundsel-treeBaccharis halimifolia
- False NettleBoehmeria cylindrica
- Florida Lady's NightcapBonamia grandiflora
- Bouteloua hirsutaBouteloua hirsuta
- Coastal SearocketCakile lanceolata
- Clinopodium asheiCalamintha ashei
- Scrub HickoryCarya floridana
- Ceratiola ericoidesCeratiola ericoides
- Pigmy FringetreeChionanthus pygmaeus
- Florida GoldenasterChrysopsis floridana
- Yellow ThistleCirsium horridulum
Wildlife 274
Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Florida. Not sighting records.
- Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
- SoraPorzana carolina
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.
Sources
- USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models (2001)
- USGS GAP summer habitat model for Cave Swallow
- USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps (2001), modeled by watershed; migratory gives no dates
- NatureServe Explorer (CC BY 4.0), habitat names
- US Census TIGER/Line counties
- Names follow the USGS Gap Analysis Project (2001)

































