Swallows & Martins in China
Our list for China has 4 swallows & martins recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made