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Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Names as given by USGS GAP.

Summer in Virginia, breeding, in the USGS range maps. Its habitat models include 7 habitats found here.

Seasons here
Summer
Breeding
Breeding
Range
133 of 133 counties
Habitats
7

At a glance

Group
Birds
Seasons in Virginia
Summer
Breeding
Breeding
Counties in known range
133 of 133
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

Southeast habitat models (USGS, 2001 land cover). The bird is not in every place a habitat occurs. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models Summer model

Habitats in Virginia 7

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there. Shared habitat, not food.

1 of 7

Coastal dunes and beaches

Core Banks dunes, June 2013
SummerUnconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune); Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal WetlandDune grassland. Shown: Core Banks, Cape Lookout, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Core Banks dunes, June 2013, Jarek Tuszyński, June 2013. CC BY-SA 3.0. Source record.

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Yellow butterwort beside a moss-hung coastal pond
SummerOpen Water (Fresh)Regional / representative. Shown: Southern coastal pond margins, Florida and Louisiana to North Carolina; state not identified, a neighboring state.Yellow butterwort beside a moss-hung coastal pond, Marian Ellis Rowan, 1901. Public domain. Source record.

Salt and brackish marshes

Fort Fisher brackish marsh and woodland edge
SummerAtlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh; Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt MarshBrackish marsh at a woodland edge. Shown: Fort Fisher, North Carolina, a neighboring state.Fort Fisher brackish marsh and woodland edge, ncwetlands.org, undated. CC0 1.0. Source record.

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

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)

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
SummerOnly within 500 m of waterSuccessional 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 waterDeveloped, 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 (26)

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

  • 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
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer
  • Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer
  • East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland 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 Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer
  • Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer
  • Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer
  • Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer
  • South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer

Habitat names: NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0.

Seasons in Virginia

Modeled range from USGS maps (2001), by watershed. Not sighting records. Migratory gives no dates. USGS Gap Analysis Project range maps

  • Summer. Breeding. Range includes 133 of 133 counties and cities

Also found in this habitat

Plants 51

Plants named in NatureServe descriptions of these habitats that grow in Virginia. Shared habitat, not food.

Wildlife 252

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

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

Sources