Birds of the World

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


Mangrove Swallow
Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Range: MA: e and w coast of Mexico to Panama
Soberania National Park, Panama
  Note white line above lore.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


White-winged Swallow
White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Range: SA: Colombia to n Argentina
Guarinocito, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Tree Swallow
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Range: NA: widespread
Long Point, Ontario, Canada  
   
Photograph by Mdf (Wikipedia)     Copyright and usage info


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Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) Endangered
Range: NA: Bahamas and Cuba
   



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Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) Vulnerable
Range: NA: Hispaniola, Jamaica
   



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


White-rumped Swallow
White-rumped Swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa)
Range: SA: Bolivia to c Brazil and s to c, e Argentina
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)
Range: SA: sw Ecuador and nw Peru
Las Salinas, Pomac, Lambayeque, Peru  
   
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo   © All Rights Reserved.


Violet-green Swallow
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Range: NA, MA: w USA and w Canada
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  Uniquely colored.
   
Photograph by Wolfgang Wander     Copyright and usage info



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