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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.

1 of 4

Coastal dunes and beaches

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

SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach; Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Southeast Florida Beach; Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland; Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland

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

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.

Summer

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

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

SummerDeveloped, Open Space; Cultivated Cropland; Pasture/Hay; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration; Utility Swath - Herbaceous; Ruderal Upland - Old Field
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.

All habitats

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.

Wildlife 274

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

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

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