Wildlifeof Malaysia
Dusky Crag Martin
Swallows & Martins
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Ptyonoprogne concolor
Basic stats
Diet
Insects caught in flight near cliff faces
Habitat
Nests under a cliff overhang or on a man-made structure, in a neat half-cup mud nest
Range
South Asia from the Indian subcontinent to south-western China and northern Thailand, Vietnam and Laos
Clutch size
2–4 eggs
Size
About 13cm
The dusky crag martin is a small swallow-family bird about 13 cm long, with a broad body and wings and a short square tail with small white patches near the tips of most feathers. It has sooty-brown upperparts and slightly paler underparts, with a streaked pale dull rufous chin, throat and foreneck. The sexes are alike, and juveniles have rufous-grey tips to the upperpart and wing plumage (Wikipedia, general species account).
It nests under a cliff overhang or on a man-made structure, building a neat half-cup mud nest with a soft lining. It does not form large breeding colonies but is more gregarious outside the breeding season, feeding on a wide variety of insects caught near cliff faces. Both adults incubate the two to four eggs and feed the chicks (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Dusky Crag Martin eat?
- Insects caught in flight near cliff faces
- What habitat does the Dusky Crag Martin live in?
- Nests under a cliff overhang or on a man-made structure, in a neat half-cup mud nest
- Where is the Dusky Crag Martin found?
- South Asia from the Indian subcontinent to south-western China and northern Thailand, Vietnam and Laos
- How many eggs does the Dusky Crag Martin lay?
- 2–4 eggs
- How big is the Dusky Crag Martin?
- About 13cm