Dusky Crag Martin

Latin Name: 
Ptyonoprogne concolor
Size: 
13cm
Description: 

Sexes alike. Dark sooty-brown above; square-cut, short tail, with white spot on all but outermost and central tail feathers; paler underbody; faintly rufous chin and throat, with indistinct black streaking. Small parties; flies around ruins, crags and old buildings, hawking insects in flight; acrobatic, swallow-like flight and appearance; rests during hot hours on rocky ledges or some corner.

Habitat: 
Vicinity of old forts, ruins, old stony buildings in towns.
Distribution: 
Nearly all of India, south of Himalayan foothills, to about 1,500m.
Call: 
Call Description: 
Faint chip…, uncommonly uttered.
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