Small bird (approximately 17 cm or 6.5 in) very similar physically to the Barn Swallow. Back of black colour with bluish reflections, belly area of dirty white colour with orange sides and clear lines. The most characteristic features are the nape and the face of orange colour. Long, black forked tail, long pointed wings with orange tones in the lower part.
Urban environments and scrubland
Areas with Mediterranean vegetation, forests, grasslands, scrublands and pastures. It nests in rocky areas and especially under bridges and underpasses of roads. Also in abandoned rural buildings.
African summer species that begins to breed in April in Malaga. In recent years, wintering specimens have been observed in the coast. It makes two annual layings of 4 to 5 eggs. Very peculiar nest, unmistakable, like an upside down igloo, made of mud and with a small entrance tunnel. It feeds on flying insects.
It is a more frequent species than it seems but it is often confused with the Barn Swallow if attention is not paid. In the Great Path it can be watched in stages 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 22, 24 and 27.
The Latin name of the Red-Rumped Swallow refers to its Asian origin, the Dauria region, a mountainous area near Mongolia and the Russian lake Baikal. Because of its habit of making nests under bridges, it is linked to the streams of clean water.
- Arroyo de la Ventilla
- Campillos – Sierra de Yeguas
- Genil River banks
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 09. Periana - Riogordo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 01. Málaga - Rincón de la Victoria
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 08. Canillas de Aceituno - Periana
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 11. Alfarnate - Villanueva del Rosario
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 12. Villanueva del Rosario - Archidona
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 13. Archidona - Villanueva de Tapia
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 14. Villanueva de Tapia - Villanueva de Algaidas
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 18. Fuente de Piedra - Campillos
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 22. Ardales - El Burgo
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 24. Ronda - Estación de Benaoján
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 27. Benalauría - Genalguacil
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 28. Genalguacil - Casares
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 30. Estepona - Marbella
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 31. Marbella - Ojén
- Great Malaga Path (GR 249). Stage 35. Alhaurín de la Torre - Málaga
- Los Llanos de Antequera – Cartaojal – La Sarteneja
- Montes de Malaga Natural Park
- Mouth of the Guadalhorce Nature Reserve
- Río del Burgo
- Río Guadalmina
- The Mouth of Rio Velez
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