Birds of Brazil

    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.


Chilean Swallow
Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga)
Sierras de Bellavista, Chile  
   
Photograph by Pablo Caceres Contreras     Copyright and usage info


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.


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