Small bird (about 14 cm or 5.5 in) similar to a swallow, with brown and dun plumage but more clear underparts. Its tail is short and not forked, with white dots in the undertail. It is a bird that is normally seen in flight or perched at sunset in colonial roosts.
Urban and rocky environments
Rupicolous bird, present near steep, rocky areas and walls, bridges and urban constructions in rural surroundings.
The Crag-Martin is a bird resident in Malaga all year round. The province also hosts wintering specimens. It breeds from May, making two annual layings of 3 to 4 eggs, and builds its nests in cracks in rock walls, under bridges, in tunnels and in rural buildings. It is a colonial bird although can also nest alone. It feeds on flying insects that hunts alone or in small groups.
It is a common and usual bird in the province and can be observed in most stages of the Great Path, both in urban ones and in those that have rocky or riverine habitats.
Their communal roosts on ledges and cornices of buildings during the winter are very characteristic.
- Altos de Hondonero
- Arroyo de la Ventilla
- El Alcázar - La Maroma
- El Chorro (Paraje Natural del Desfiladero de Los Gaitanes)
- El Torcal
- Genal and Guadiaro rivers junction
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 02. Rincón de la Victoria - Vélez-Málaga
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 03. Vélez-Málaga - Torrox
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 04. Torrox - Nerja
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 10. Riogordo - Alfarnate
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 21. Estación de El Chorro (Álora) - Carratraca - Ardales
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 22. Ardales - El Burgo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 23. El Burgo - Ronda
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 25. Estación de Benaoján - Jimera de Líbar
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 26. Jimera de Líbar - Benalauría
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 31. Marbella - Ojén
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 33. Mijas - Benalmádena
- Lagunas de Campillos
- Llanos de Líbar
- Mouth of the Guadalhorce Nature Reserve
- Refugio de Juanar
- Río Guadalmina
- Río Jorox
- Sierra del Padrastro
- Sierra del Padrastro
- Tajo de Ronda
- Valley of the Guadalhorce River
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