Bahama Swallow - BirdForum Opus

Tachycineta cyaneoviridis

Identification

• Upperparts and cap are a dark bluish-green
• Steel-blue wings
• White chin, throat and underparts
• Deeply forked tail
• Black bill, legs and feet

Distribution

Pine forests of the northern Bahamas; winters in the Bahamas and eastern Cuba

Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Habitat

Pine forests.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

Breeding

They nest in old woodpecker holes using pine needles, she-oak twigs, and grass to make the nest, lined with feathers. Three eggs are laid and incubated for 15 days; the fledging period is roughly 22 days.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Whatbird
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Bahama Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bahama_Swallow

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