Tree Martin: Adult, Profile

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Perching Birds (Passeriformes)

Family:

Swallow (Hirundinidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Tree Martin (Petrochelidon nigricans)

This Photo:

🔍Adult, Profile🔎

Thank you Antoni Camozzato for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges and elsewhere
Like woodswallows when flying.
Rusty forehead + rump, deep blue/black jacket and crown. Brown streaked white breast.

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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