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Cave Swallows sing a series of squeaks, complex warbles, gurgles, and knocks that lasts for about 6 seconds. The song tends to lack the static-like sounds of Cliff Swallows. Cave Swallows chatter in flight with a high-pitched zreet that they repeat multiple times.
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The cave swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) is a medium-sized, squarish-tailed swallow belonging to the same genus as the more familiar and widespread cliff swallow of North America. The cave swallow, also native to the Americas, nests and roosts primarily in caves and sinkholes.
Cave Swallow bird information Values; Conservation status: LC - Least concern: Synonyms: Cinnamon-throated or Cave Swallow, Cuban Cliff Swallow, Cinnamon-throated Swallow, West Indian Cave Swallow: Old latin name for bird: Hirundo fulva: Order: Perching birds / Passeriformes: Family: Swallows, Martins / Hirundinidae: Genus: Petrochelidon ...
Cave Swallow Song. These birds have five main vocalizations, a song, a “che” note, and three types of chattering. Their song is a series of squeaks that gradually blend into a “complex melodic warble” and end in a series of double-toned notes, in which a “gua” sound and a very low nock sound are given simultaneously.
Cave Swallow Songs and Calls. Hirondelle à front brun. Petrochelidon fulva. Information, images and range maps on over 1,000 birds of North America, including sub-species, vagrants, introduced birds and possibilities. North American Birds Calls. Click here to hear Choice 1. Return to Cave Swallow. Return to Swallows.
As recently as the 1960s, this was a rare bird in the United States. It nested only in a few southwestern caves, plastering its cuplike mud nest against the walls in the dimly lit interior. Since...
