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The dusky crag martin is 13 cm (5 in) long with a broad body, wings and tail. It has sooty-brown upperparts and slightly paler underparts, with a streaked pale dull rufous chin, throat and foreneck. The tail is short and square, with small white patches near the tips of all but the central and outermost pairs of feathers. The underwing coverts are dark brown, the eyes are brown, the small bill is mainly black, and the legs are brownish-pink. The sexes are alike, but juveniles have rufous grey tips to the plumage of the upperparts and wings.
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When to see the Dusky Crag Martin
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Dusky Crag Martin
The map shades 9 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Dusky Crag Martin
The dusky crag martin is a small passerine bird in the swallow family. It is about 13 cm (5 in) long with a broad body and wings, and a short square tail that has small white patches near the tips of most of its feathers. This martin has sooty-brown upperparts and slightly paler underparts. 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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Easily confused with
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoletaThe pale crag martin of the nominate subspecies P. o. obsoleta is 12–13 centimetres (4+1⁄2–5 inches) long with light brown upperparts, becoming paler on the lower back, and a short square tail that has small white patches near the tips of all but the central and outermost pairs of feathers.
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligulaThe large rock martin of the nominate subspecies P. f. fuligula is 12–15 cm (4.7–5.9 in) long, with earth-brown upperparts and a short square tail that has small white patches near the tips of all but the central and outermost pairs of feathers.
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigulaThe red-throated rock martin, also known as the red-throated crag-martin, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family, Hirundinidae.
Side by side: Dusky Crag Martin vs Eurasian Crag Martin · Dusky Crag Martin vs Large Rock Martin · Dusky Crag Martin vs Pale Crag Martin
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