Bird

Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

A summer resident that nests in West Virginia. Found in all 55 counties, across 10 habitats.

Here: Summer and on migration
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 10

Adult Bank Swallow, whole bird — **Adult**. (c) SteveM4560, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY. iNaturalist photo 255636632. iNaturalist large derivative; no local crop or retouch.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Summer and on migration
Nesting: Nests here
Range: All 55 counties
Habitats: 10
Habitat models: Summer

Where it lives

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

Habitats in West Virginia 10

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

1 of 10

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

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerSouth-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Ponds, lakes and their shores

Still water and its edges: ponds, lakes, millponds and reservoirs.

SummerOpen Water (Fresh)

Streams, rivers and their banks

Flowing water and its banks, bars and rocky shoals.

SummerCumberland Riverscour; South-Central Interior Small Stream and Riparian

Dry forests and woodlands

Forests and open woodlands on dry ridges and slopes, often oak or pine.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Central Appalachian Pine-Oak Rocky Woodland

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

Granite and other acidic rock outcrops

Bare or thin-soil rock on granite, gneiss, sandstone, quartzite and similar acidic rock, including granite flatrocks and domes.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.North-Central Appalachian Acidic Cliff and Talus; Southern Interior Acid Cliff

Mountain balds

Treeless grassy or shrubby summits and ridges in the high mountains.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Shrub Modifier; Southern Appalachian Grass and Shrub Bald - Herbaceous Modifier

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

Shale barrens

Steep, sun-baked slopes of loose shale with sparse oaks and Virginia pine and their own endemic wildflowers. Linked only where the source names shale barrens; calcareous shale stays with the limestone glades.

SummerOnly within 250 m of water.

Other habitats in its models (101)

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

Developed, Low Intensity Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Quarries, Mines, Gravel Pits and Oil Wells Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Open Water (Brackish/Salt) Summer.
Open Water (Aquaculture) Summer.
Barren Land Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Beach Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore (Lake/River/Pond) Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore (Beach/Dune) Summer.
Unconsolidated Shore Summer.
Upper Texas Coast Beach Summer.
Louisiana Beach Summer.
Southeast Florida Beach Summer.
South Florida Shell Hash Beach Summer.
Florida Panhandle Beach Vegetation Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Sea Island Beach Summer.
Southwest Florida Beach Summer.
Texas Coastal Bend Beach Summer.
Central Interior Calcareous Cliff and Talus Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Interior 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.
Southern Piedmont Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Montane Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Interior Calcareous Cliff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dry Chalk Bluff Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Rocky Summit Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Appalachian Granitic Dome Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Granite Flatrock Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Ridge and Valley Calcareous Valley Bottom Glade and Woodland 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.
Edwards Plateau Limestone Savanna and Woodland 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.
Central Interior Highlands Dry Acidic Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Northeastern Interior Pine Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Florida Peninsula Inland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Oak Savanna Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Oak Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Piedmont Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Nashville Basin Limestone Glade Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Cumberland Sandstone Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Appalachian Alkaline Glade and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Interior Highlands Calcareous Glade and Barrens Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Xeric River Dune Summer.
Eastern Highland Rim Prairie and Barrens - Dry Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Mixedgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
North-Central Interior Sand and Gravel Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Arkansas Valley Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Central Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southern Blackland Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Southeastern Great Plains Tallgrass Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Florida Dry Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
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.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Jackson Prairie and Woodland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Southern Dune and Maritime Grassland Summer.
Southwest Florida Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Summer, only within 250 m of water.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Central and Upper Texas Coast Dune and Coastal Grassland Summer.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration 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.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Forbland Summer, only within 250 m of water.
Introduced Upland Vegetation - Annual Grassland 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.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Indian River Lagoon Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Salt and Brackish Marsh Summer.
Mississippi Sound Salt and Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Tidal Salt Marsh Summer.
Florida Big Bend Salt-Brackish Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Clay-Based Carolina Bay Herbaceous Wetland Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Large Natural Lakeshore Summer.
South Florida Everglades Sawgrass Marsh Summer.
Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plain Tidal Marsh Systems Summer.
Central Interior and Appalachian Shrub-Herbaceous Wetland Systems Summer.
Floridian Highlands Freshwater Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Embayed Region Tidal Freshwater Marsh Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Seep Summer.
Florida Big Bend Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Northern Fresh and Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Southern Coastal Plain Herbaceous Seepage Bog Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Central Fresh-Oligohaline Tidal Marsh Summer.
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Interdunal Wetland Summer.
Southern and Central Appalachian Bog and Fen Summer.
South Florida Wet Marl Prairie Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Savanna and Wet Prairie Summer.
Texas Saline Coastal Prairie Summer.
Eastern Great Plains Wet Meadow, Prairie, and Marsh Summer.
Central Florida Herbaceous Pondshore Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Southern Depression Pondshore Summer.
Atlantic Coastal Plain Depression Pondshore Summer.
South Florida Freshwater Slough and Gator Hole Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
South-Central Interior Large Floodplain - Herbaceous Modifier Summer.
Western Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.
Texas-Louisiana Coastal Prairie Slough Summer.
East Gulf Coastal Plain Near-Coast Pine Flatwoods - Open Understory Modifier Summer, only within 250 m of water.