bank swallow

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bank swallow - swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks

bank martin, Riparia riparia, sand martin

martin - any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

genus Riparia, Riparia - a genus of Hirundinidae

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Advantages and disadvantages of bank swallow (Riparia ripmia) coloniality.

Overlooked Costs of Coloniality: Mislaid Eggs and the Double Incubation of Separate Nests

Elsewhere, dogs accompanied by their owners happily ran leash-free along a vast expanse of beach at San Francisco's Fort Funston park--that is, until officials determined that one of California's two Bank Swallow coastal communities used 10 acres of the beach.

Going, going ... Exotic species are decimating America's native wildlife

vicarius has "on occasion [been found] in considerable numbers in barn swallow and bank swallow (Riparia riparia) nests".

Effects of the American swallow bug (Oeciacus vicarius) on reproductive success in the barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)

For their 12 Seder, after the question, "Why is this night different?" was asked and answered, Rea and Ijichi had participants mention the locally extinct species by name: the California condor, the yellow-billed cuckoo, Swainson's hawk, the bank swallow, the black rail, the Fulvous tree duck, as well as the pronghorn (the American antelope), the long-earned kit fox, and the Southern California grizzly.