Editing Tree swallow (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The tree swallow breeds in North America. Its range extends to north-central Alaska and up to the [[tree line]] in Canada. It is found as far south as Tennessee in the eastern part of its range, California and New Mexico in the west, and Kansas in the center. It occasionally breeds further south in the US,<ref name="Turner"/> and vagrants are sometimes found in the [[Arctic Circle]], the northern [[Pacific]], [[Greenland]], and Europe.<ref name="hbw"/> The wintering range is from California and southwestern Arizona in the west and southeastern Virginia in the east south along the Gulf Coast to the [[West Indies]], [[Panama]], and the northwestern South American coast.<ref name="Turner"/> While migrating, this swallow often uses stop-over sites, spending an average of 57 days at these areas during autumn. To get to its wintering range, it often uses one of three flyways: the Western flyway, west of the [[Rocky Mountains]]; the Central flyway, between the Rocky Mountains and the [[Great Lakes]], stretching south into Eastern Mexico; and the Eastern flyway, from the Great Lakes east.<ref name="KnightBradley2018">{{cite journal|last1=Knight|first1=Samantha M.|last2=Bradley|first2=David W.|last3=Clark|first3=Robert G.|last4=Gow|first4=Elizabeth A.|last5=Bélisle|first5=Marc|last6=Berzins|first6=Lisha L.|last7=Blake|first7=Tricia|last8=Bridge|first8=Eli S.|last9=Burke|first9=Lauren|last10=Dawson|first10=Russell D.|last11=Dunn|first11=Peter O.|last12=Garant|first12=Dany|last13=Holroyd|first13=Geoffrey L.|last14=Hussell|first14=David J. T.|last15=Lansdorp|first15=Olga|last16=Laughlin|first16=Andrew J.|last17=Leonard|first17=Marty L.|last18=Pelletier|first18=Fanie|last19=Shutler|first19=Dave|last20=Siefferman|first20=Lynn|last21=Taylor|first21=Caz M.|last22=Trefry|first22=Helen E.|last23=Vleck|first23=Carol M.|last24=Vleck|first24=David|last25=Winkler|first25=David W.|last26=Whittingham|first26=Linda A.|last27=Norris|first27=D. Ryan|title=Constructing and evaluating a continent-wide migratory songbird network across the annual cycle|journal=Ecological Monographs|volume=88|issue=3|year=2018|pages=445–460|issn=0012-9615|doi=10.1002/ecm.1298|doi-access=free|bibcode=2018EcoM...88..445K |hdl=10214/11411|hdl-access=free}}</ref> When a swallow returns to nest, it usually does not change breeding sites.<ref name="WinklerWrege2004">{{cite journal|last1=Winkler|first1=David W.|last2=Wrege|first2=Peter H.|last3=Allen|first3=Paul E.|last4=Kast|first4=Tracey L.|last5=Senesac|first5=Pixie|last6=Wasson|first6=Matthew F.|last7=Llambías|first7=Paulo E.|last8=Ferretti|first8=Valentina|last9=Sullivan|first9=Patrick J.|title=Breeding dispersal and philopatry in the tree swallow|journal=The Condor|volume=106|issue=4|year=2004|pages=768–776|issn=0010-5422|doi=10.1650/7634|s2cid=42958338|type=Submitted manuscript}}</ref>

The breeding habitat of this bird is primarily in open and wooded areas, especially those near water.<ref name="Turner"/> It roosts every night during the non-breeding season, preferring to rest in [[cane (grass)|cane]] or [[reed bed]]s over water, but it is also found over land and on trees and wires. Roosting sites are generally {{convert|100|to|150|km|mi}} apart.<ref name="Winkler2006">{{cite journal|last1=Winkler|first1=David W.|title=Roosts and migrations of swallows|journal=[[El Hornero]]|volume=21|issue=2|year=2006|pages=85–97|doi=10.56178/eh.v21i2.790 |doi-access=free|hdl=20.500.12110/hornero_v021_n02_p085|hdl-access=free}}</ref>