Swift, elegant fliers with pale rumps and soft brown crowns. They stitch through the sky like tiny comets, often seen swooping over creeks, paddocks and beaches catching insects on the wing.
Fairy Martin
Petrochelidon ariel
Photo: Stephen Goldsworthy
Photo: Stephen Goldsworthy
Photo: Stephen Goldsworthy
Photo: Stephen Goldsworthy
Bird Description:
Special features:
Known for building bottle-shaped mud nests on bridges, cliffs and sheltered structures. The large nesting clusters can look like nature’s apartment blocks — dozens all packed together, each with its own mud doorway.
Did you know?:
Martins are generally smaller than swallows, and have a shorter, squared rather than forked tail in flight.
View more information on this bird at Birdlife Australia: https://www.birdsinbackyards.net/species/Petrochelidon-ariel
Location: 1770-Joseph Banks Cons Park Sth, AW-Town Centre, Rural Acreage Areas
Size: Very Small
Type of bird: Bush Birds