What does the Cliff Swallow eat?
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
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Diet overview
Insectivore, primarily consuming flying insects.
How it forages
Exclusively aerial insectivores, catching insects on the wing. They forage in flocks, often circling high in the sky or skimming low over water and fields. Diet includes flies, beetles, bees, wasps, and true bugs.
When it feeds
Diurnal.
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