Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx serripennis (Audubon, 1838)
Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis breeds widely across North America and Middle America. It is a swallow of the family Hirundinidae, first described by Audubon in 1838. The bird is known for the rough edge to its wing feathers, a feature that gives it its common name and can be seen only when the bird is handled. It is very close in appearance to the Southern Rough-winged Swallow, but the two do not quite share the same range.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Hirundinidae — Swallows, Martins
- Breeding range
- North America, Middle America: widespread
