Birds of Ecuador

    PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae (Swallows, Martins)  
Genus: Stelgidopteryx (1 species, 2 worldwide)


Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis uropygialis)
ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Compare to Northern Rough-winged Swallow. Note pale rump and cinnamon-colored throat.
Backside showing pale rump.


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