The striated swallow (Cecropis striolata) is a species of swallow found in open, often hilly, areas with clearings and cultivation across Southeast Asia to north-eastern India and Taiwan.
The striated swallow is 19 cm long with a deeply forked tail. It has blue upperparts other than a reddish collar (sometimes absent) and streaked chestnut rump. The face and underparts are white with heavy dark streaking. The wings are brown. The sexes are alike but juveniles are duller and browner, with a paler rump and shorter outer tail feathers.
There are four races:
C. s. striolata breeds in Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia.
C. s. mayri breeds from northeastern India to northwestern Myanmar and northeastern Bangladesh.[1] It has broader streaks than nominate striolata.
C. s. stanfordi breeds from northeastern Myanmar to northern Thailand. It has broad streaks.
C. s. vernayi breeds locally in western Thailand. It is more rufous below than the nominate race, and is only faintly streaked on the rump.
This species, particularly subspecies mayri, is very similar to the red-rumped swallow of the race japonicus, but is larger, more heavily streaked, and has a less distinct neck collar.
Behavioredit
The contact call is pin, the alarm is chi-chi-chi, and the song is a soft twittering.
Migrationedit
The island subspecies are essentially resident, but the continental races mayri and stanfordi are partial migrants which move south in the winter.
Breedingedit
The striated swallow breeds from April to July alone or semi-colonially with scattered nests. The nest is a retort or bottle-shaped structure, made from mud pellets and lined with dried grasses and feathers. The clutch is usually four, sometimes five, white eggs. Both sexes build the nest, and share incubation and the care of the young.
Nests are constructed in natural caves, but very often in artificial sites on bridges, in culverts and on buildings.
Feedingedit
The striated swallow feeds low over the ground or at cliff faces on flying insects. It has a slow buoyant flight compared to the barn swallow. It will feed with other swallow species.
Referencesedit
^Turner, Angela; Kirwan, Guy M. (30 April 2021). Keeney, Brooke K (ed.). "Striated Swallow (Cecropis striolata)". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.strswa2.02.
striated, swallow, striated, swallow, cecropis, striolata, species, swallow, found, open, often, hilly, areas, with, clearings, cultivation, across, southeast, asia, north, eastern, india, taiwan, bandungan, central, java, indonesia, conservation, status, leas. The striated swallow Cecropis striolata is a species of swallow found in open often hilly areas with clearings and cultivation across Southeast Asia to north eastern India and Taiwan Striated swallow At Bandungan Central Java Indonesia Conservation status Least Concern IUCN 3 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order Passeriformes Family Hirundinidae Genus Cecropis Species C striolata Binomial name Cecropis striolata Schlegel 1844 Synonyms Hirundo striolata The striated swallow was formerly sometimes considered a subspecies of the red rumped swallow Contents 1 Description 2 Behavior 2 1 Migration 2 2 Breeding 2 3 Feeding 3 ReferencesDescription editThe striated swallow is 19 cm long with a deeply forked tail It has blue upperparts other than a reddish collar sometimes absent and streaked chestnut rump The face and underparts are white with heavy dark streaking The wings are brown The sexes are alike but juveniles are duller and browner with a paler rump and shorter outer tail feathers There are four races C s striolata breeds in Taiwan the Philippines and Indonesia C s mayri breeds from northeastern India to northwestern Myanmar and northeastern Bangladesh 1 It has broader streaks than nominate striolata C s stanfordi breeds from northeastern Myanmar to northern Thailand It has broad streaks C s vernayi breeds locally in western Thailand It is more rufous below than the nominate race and is only faintly streaked on the rump This species particularly subspecies mayri is very similar to the red rumped swallow of the race japonicus but is larger more heavily streaked and has a less distinct neck collar Behavior editThe contact call is pin the alarm is chi chi chi and the song is a soft twittering Migration edit The island subspecies are essentially resident but the continental races mayri and stanfordi are partial migrants which move south in the winter Breeding edit The striated swallow breeds from April to July alone or semi colonially with scattered nests The nest is a retort or bottle shaped structure made from mud pellets and lined with dried grasses and feathers The clutch is usually four sometimes five white eggs Both sexes build the nest and share incubation and the care of the young Nests are constructed in natural caves but very often in artificial sites on bridges in culverts and on buildings Feeding edit The striated swallow feeds low over the ground or at cliff faces on flying insects It has a slow buoyant flight compared to the barn swallow It will feed with other swallow species References edit Turner Angela Kirwan Guy M 30 April 2021 Keeney Brooke K ed Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata Birds of the World doi 10 2173 bow strswa2 02 BirdLife International 2004 Hirundo striolata IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004 Retrieved 6 May 2006 old form url Turner Angela K Chris Rose 1989 Swallows amp Martins An Identification Guide and Handbook Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0 395 51174 7 Robson Birds of Thailand ISBN 1 84330 921 1 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Striated swallow amp oldid 1220966670, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
