Birds of Peru

    PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae (Swallows, Martins)  
Genus: Tachycineta (3 species, 9 worldwide)


White-winged Swallow
White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Guarinocito, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-rumped Swallow
White-rumped Swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa)
Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Matt Grube   © All Rights Reserved.

May rest on the ground, and feed off the ground, even by hovering. Note white line above lore.
Searching for food over a wetland.

Tumbes Swallow
Tumbes Swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni)
Las Salinas, Pomac, Lambayeque, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.



© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba