Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Passeriformes |
| Family | Hirundinidae |
| Genus | Hirundo |
| Species | Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758 |
Description
Diagnostic characters
- Ecological class
- Trogloxene
- Realm
- Terrestrial
Distribution
Range
Known from three counties across two states.
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
Arkansas, Tennessee
Counties
- Arkansas
- Lawrence, Sharp
- Tennessee
- Overton
Conservation and management
IUCN Red List
LC Least Concern
Assessed in 2019.
NatureServe
G5 Secure
National ranks
- Canada
- N4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- United States
- N5B Secure (breeding)
Subnational ranks
- New Brunswick
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- British Columbia
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Alberta
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Yukon
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- Prince Edward Island
- S2B Imperiled (breeding)
- Nova Scotia
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Manitoba
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Nunavut
- SUB (breeding)
- Northwest Territories
- S3 Vulnerable
- Quebec
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Saskatchewan
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- S2B Imperiled (breeding), SUM (migrant)
- Ontario
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Washington
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- North Carolina
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Delaware
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Iowa
- S5B Secure (breeding), S5N Secure (non-breeding)
- Wisconsin
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Massachusetts
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- North Dakota
- SNRB (breeding)
- Nevada
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Minnesota
- SNRB (breeding)
- Ohio
- S5 Secure
- Texas
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Arizona
- S5 Secure
- Wyoming
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Montana
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- New Hampshire
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Connecticut
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Nebraska
- S5 Secure
- Tennessee
- S5 Secure
- Oregon
- S5 Secure
- Idaho
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- New York
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Virginia
- S5 Secure
- New Jersey
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding), S4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
- Oklahoma
- SNRB (breeding)
- Mississippi
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Kansas
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Michigan
- S5 Secure
- Georgia
- S5 Secure
- Alabama
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Utah
- S3 Vulnerable
- West Virginia
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Colorado
- S5 Secure
- Missouri
- SNRB (breeding)
- Pennsylvania
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding), S5M Secure (migrant)
- Arkansas
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding), S4N Apparently Secure (non-breeding)
- Navajo Nation
- S3B Vulnerable (breeding)
- Vermont
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Maryland
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Florida
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- South Carolina
- S4 Apparently Secure
- California
- SNR Unranked
- Maine
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- Alaska
- S4B Apparently Secure (breeding)
- New Mexico
- S5B Secure (breeding), S5N Secure (non-breeding)
- Illinois
- S5 Secure
- District of Columbia
- S5B Secure (breeding), S5N Secure (non-breeding)
- Rhode Island
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Kentucky
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- South Dakota
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Louisiana
- S5B Secure (breeding)
- Indiana
- S5B Secure (breeding)
State and federal status
Not listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act
References
- Lewis, J.J. 2005. A biological inventory of caves of the Cumberland Plateau. Tennessee Chapter Cave Program, The Nature Conservancy, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. 156 pp.
- McDaniel, V.R. & Gardner, J.E. 1977. Cave fauna of Arkansas: vertebrate taxa. Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science 31: 68–71. https://scholarworks.uark.edu/jaas/vol31/iss1/22.
How to cite this account
Hirundo rustica Linnaeus, 1758. Cave Biology Data Portal, account SP-2523. https://cavebiology.org/species/hirundo-rustica/ (accessed 7 September 2026).
Data sources and funding are listed in the Acknowledgments.
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