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| − | + | [[Image:Swallow_Tanager.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias<br />Photo taken: Brasilia, Brazil.]] | |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:swallow_tanager_fem.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo of female by Jamfaraco<br />Photo taken: Morrinhos, Coxilha Rica, Lages-SC/Brasil]] |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 15cm. Female is a yellow-green, and | + | 15cm. Female is a yellow-green, with horizontal green stripes on sides of breast and white eye-ring. Male a brighter turquoise-green, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Revision as of 02:28, 21 August 2008
- Tersina viridis
Identification
15cm. Female is a yellow-green, with horizontal green stripes on sides of breast and white eye-ring. Male a brighter turquoise-green, with a small deep black face and upper throat patch.
Distribution
Northern South America.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Behaviour
The diet includes insects caught on the wing, and large fruits.
They nest in sandbanks, tree holes and wall crevices.
