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Riparia riparia
Bank Swallow, Sand Martin
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Occasional

Scientific Name with Authority:		Riparia riparia (Linnaeus, 1758)
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Animalia, Phylum Chordata, Subphylum Vertebrata, Order Passeriformes, Family Hirundinidae, Genus Riparia, Species Riparia riparia


Seasonality Tags:
Migratory


Threatened/Endangered Status:		SC
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		GA: S3S4
Evidence:		0 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 2 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Alagnak Wild River
Amistad National Recreation Area	Anacostia Park
Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Arches National Park	Arkansas Post National Memorial
Assateague Island National Seashore	Badlands National Park
Bandelier National Monument	Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Big Bend National Park	Big Cypress National Preserve
Big Hole National Battlefield	Big Thicket National Preserve
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area	Biscayne National Park
Blue Ridge Parkway	Buffalo National River
Cabrillo National Monument	Canaveral National Seashore
Canyon De Chelly National Monument	Canyonlands National Park
Cape Cod National Seashore	Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Cape Krusenstern National Monument	Cape Lookout National Seashore
Capitol Reef National Park	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chaco Culture National Historical Park	Channel Islands National Park
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park	Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
City Of Rocks National Reserve	Colonial National Historical Park
Colorado National Monument	Congaree National Park
Constitution Gardens	Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve
Cumberland Island National Seashore	Curecanti National Recreation Area
Cuyahoga Valley National Park	Death Valley National Park
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area	Denali National Park and Preserve
Dinosaur National Monument	Dry Tortugas National Park
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve	Effigy Mounds National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	Everglades National Park
Fire Island National Seashore	Fort Caroline National Memorial
Fort Donelson National Battlefield	Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Sumter National Historical Park	Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fossil Butte National Monument	Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial National Military Park
Friendship Hill National Historic Site	Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
Gateway National Recreation Area	George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Memorial Parkway	Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve	Glacier National Park
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area	Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Teton National Park	Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Great Falls Park	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Gulf Islands National Seashore
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument	Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
Homestead National Historical Park	Hopewell Culture National Historical Park
Hovenweep National Monument	Indiana Dunes National Park
Isle Royale National Park	Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument	Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument
Katmai National Park and Preserve	Kenai Fjords National Park
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens	Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Kobuk Valley National Park
Lake Clark National Park and Preserve	Lake Mead National Recreation Area
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area	Lava Beds National Monument
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial	Manassas National Battlefield Park
Mesa Verde National Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Mojave National Preserve
Montezuma Castle National Monument	Morristown National Historical Park
National Capital Parks-East	New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
Noatak National Preserve	North Cascades National Park
Obed Wild and Scenic River	Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	Padre Island National Seashore
Petrified Forest National Park	Petroglyph National Monument
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore	Pipestone National Monument
Piscataway Park	Rainbow Bridge National Monument
Redwood National Park	Richmond National Battlefield Park
Rock Creek Park	Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway
Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Shenandoah National Park	Shiloh National Military Park
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve	Tonto National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument	Tumacacori National Historical Park
Tuzigoot National Monument	Valley Forge National Historical Park
Vicksburg National Military Park	Virgin Islands National Park
Voyageurs National Park	Whiskeytown National Recreation Area
Whitman Mission National Historic Site	Wind Cave National Park
Wrangell - St Elias National Park and Preserve	Wupatki National Monument
Yellowstone National Park	Yosemite National Park
Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve	Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	9/24/2007

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 9/25/2025 3:08:17 PM

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