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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Common names: cliff swallow, Swallow (Cliff, Tree or Violet-green), Tree swallow, tree swallow, Tree Swallow, violet-green swallow, green-tailed towhee, Violet-green Swallow

Taxonomy: Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Hirundinidae

Roles: referenced example, study subject, indicator species for phenological timing, obligate secondary cavity nester, referenced species, secondary cavity nester

ITIS TSN: 178455

Synonyms: cliff swallows, Tachycineta bicolor, Tachycineta thalassina, tree swallows, Barn Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Swallow

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 59 | Mentions: 64

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Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

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Publications (59)

The heritability of fear: decomposing sources of variation in marmot flight initiation distance

Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains

Extensive regional variation in the phenology of insects and their response to temperature across North America

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Effects of nestling begging behavior on parental food provisioning in the Mountain White-crowned Sparrow

Producer-scrounger relationships in yellow-bellied marmots

Documents (2)

Moist Forests

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Iridoprocne bicolor

Salix lucida subsp. lasiandra

Hirundo rustica

Marmota

Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha

Zonotrichia albicollis

Yellow-bellied Marmot

Spermophilus

Callospermophilus lateralis

Turdus migratorius

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

Climate change shifts natural selection and the adaptive potential of the perennial forb <i>Bochera stricta</i> in the Rocky Mountians

Correlates of maternal glucocorticoid levels in a socially flexible rodent

Social transmission of a novel foraging trait in yellow-bellied marmots

Can Variation of Insect Populations Affect Mountain White-crowned Sparrow Daily Nest Survival?

Effect of blood parasites on secondary sexual characteristics and morphology in mountain white-crowned sparrows

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating marmot.

Diversification of Type VI Secretion System Toxins Reveals Ancient Antagonism among Bee Gut Microbes

Do Social Interactions Decrease Basal Stress Levels In Breeding Female Yellow-Bellied Marmots?

Temperature and Nestling Development: Temporal Variations in <i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha</i> Feeding Frequency

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

Influence of elevation on the sexual dimorphic gap in mountain white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha).

Patterns of ectoparasite prevalence in the mountain white-crowned sparrow, <i></i>Zonotrichia leucophrys oriantha<i></i>

Breeding bird density does not drive vocal individuality

Evolving communicative complexity: insights from rodents and beyond

How do riparian songbirds (Passerines) coexist? Effects of vegetative structural complexity on habitat selection in willow (<i>Salix</i> spp.)

Trophic transfer of contaminants in tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) nesting near Lake Calumet, Illinois

Can breeding bird density influence vocal individuality in bird song?

Causes and consequences of variation in social network attributes in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

Social group size predicts the evolution of individuality

Does breeding bird density drive vocal individuality?

Willow branch selection by the red-naped sapsucker (<i>Sphyrapicus nuchalis</i>): The effects of branch characteristics on foraging behavior in Gothic, CO

Attributes of mountain bluebird cavity nests

Nest site selection by a secondary cavity-nesting species, the mountain bluebird

Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem

The effect of willow proximity on species richness and abundance of birds nesting in aspen <i>Populus tremuloides</i> woodlands.

Tradeoffs between mounting an immune response and territorial singing behavior in mountain white-crowned sparrows

Social network analysis of animal behaviour: a promising tool for the study of sociality

What determines the distribution of red-naped sapsuckers in the East River Valley?

A comparative study of the cost of alternative mayfly oviposition behaviors.

The effect of hemosporidian infections on white-crowned sparrow singing behavior

The evolution, function, and meaning of marmot alarm communication

Cliff Attributes and Bird Communities in Jefferson County, Colorado

Avian Diversity in Aspen and Conifer Forests :

Reliability and the adaptive utility of discrimination among alarm callers

Yellow-bellied marmots discriminate between the alarm calls of individuals and are more responsive to calls from juveniles

Behavioral responses of yellow-bellied marmots to birds and mammals

Climate change is affecting altitudinal migrants and hibernating species

Colonial Costs and their Effects on the Behavior of Nestling Feeding and Nest Occupation in the Cliff Swallow

Life history consequences of social complexity: a comparative study of ground-dwelling sciurids

Benefits of coloniality: increased foraging frequency through the use of information centers in a cliff swallow colony

Size and abundance: breeding population density of the Calliope Hummingbird

Niche separation in the foraging of tree swallows (<i>Tachycineta bicolor</i>) and violet-green swallows (<i>Tachycineta thalassina</i>)

Double keystone bird in a keystone species complex

Effects of weather conditions on cliff swallow foraging

A tale of two nests: observations on the natural history and behavior of the tree swallow (<i>Irdoprocne bicolor</i>) and violet-green swallow (<i>Tachycineta thalassina</i>) (Hirandinidae) of Gothic,

An analysis of tree swallow behavior

Mating and coloniality in the cliff swallow, <i>Petrochelidon pyrrhonota</i>

Violet-green and tree swallow nesting study

Blood parasites of birds of the high Rockies