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Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesHirundinidaeHirundo

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

EXEWCRENVUNTLC▲

Assessed in 2019.

NatureServe

G5 Secure

G1G2G3G4G5▲

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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