Dusky Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne concolor (Sykes, 1832)

≈13 cmLength26 cmWingspan13 gWeight

This small crag martin has smoky-brown upperparts and small white patches near the tail tip.

Busiest months: February · Most records: India, Thailand, China

Looks like Eurasian Crag Martin

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Upperparts smoky-brown, underparts slightly paler
Chin, throat and foreneck pale rusty, with streaks
Tail short and square, with small white patches near the tail tip
Bill small and mainly black; legs and feet brownish-pink

Male, female and young

Sexes similar; juvenile has rusty-gray tips to the feathers of the upperparts and wings.

Voice

Has a soft “chi, chi” contact call and a twittering song.

Similar species

Eurasian Crag Martin

Dusky Crag Martin has darker underparts and much smaller white patches on the tail; its undertail-coverts match the belly, whereas those of Eurasian Crag Martin are darker.

Where and when it's recorded

Dusky Crag Martin has been recorded at 134 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Vetal Tekdi/HillIndia2,034 records
Saul Kere / Sowl KereIndia1,738 records
College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, PookodeIndia1,456 records

More places

Fergusson College CampusIndia1,448 records
Wildlife Institute of IndiaIndia1,289 records
Bhusawal Thermal Power Station (BTPS) – Ganesh Mandir & EM Building AreaIndia1,000 records
IIT BombayIndia858 records
Curzon Road, Dalanwala, DehradunIndia704 records
Doddanekundi KereIndia498 records
Pashan LakeIndia492 records

Countries and regions with the most records

India Thailand China Vietnam Laos Malaysia Myanmar (Burma)

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The dusky crag martin (Ptyonoprogne concolor) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. The two subspecies are resident breeding birds in South Asia from the Indian subcontinent to southwestern China and the northern parts of Thailand, Vietnam and Laos.

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