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title: "Eurasian Crag-Martin"
description: "Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Uccelli. The Eurasian crag martin or just crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-crag-martin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Crag-Martin

> Ptyonoprogne rupestris — Uccelli. The Eurasian crag martin or just crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.

- Scientific name: *Ptyonoprogne rupestris*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 11417
- Wikidata: [Q213216](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q213216)
- iNaturalist taxon: [144788](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/144788)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Crag-Martin
- de: Felsenschwalbe
- es: Avión Roquero
- fr: Hirondelle de rochers
- nl: Rotszwaluw
- pt: Andorinha-das-rochas
- pl: Jaskółka skalna

## Countries with the most observations

ES (2648), IT (2050), FR (1423), PT (1260), CH (384), RU (294), GR (167), AT (153), CN (106), DZ (103), GE (84), TR (77)

## Summary

The Eurasian crag martin or just crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is about 14 cm (5.5 in) long with ash-brown upperparts and paler underparts, and a short, square tail that has distinctive white patches on most of its feathers. It breeds in the mountains of southern Europe, northwestern Africa and across the Palearctic. It can be confused with the three other species in its genus, but is larger with brighter tail spots and different plumage tone. Many European birds are resident, but some northern populations and most Asian breeders are migratory, wintering in…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_crag_martin

## Photo

![Eurasian Crag-Martin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-crag-martin/medium.jpg)

Photo: bitsandbugs · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/265380535

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-crag-martin?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).