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Alternative names: Swallow-wing; Swallow-wing Puffbird

Photo by Xyko Paludo
Presidente Figueiredo, AM, Brazil, July, 2017

Chelidoptera tenebrosa

Identification

14–15 cm (5½-6 in)

Glossy blue-back overall plumage
White rump and lower back
Cinnamon belly
White undertail coverts
Short tail and broad wings

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies^[1]:

C. t. tenebrosa:

East Colombia to the Guianas, northern Bolivia and Brazil (except sjouth-eastern)

C. t. brasiliensis:

Coastal south-eastern Brazil

C. t. pallida:

North-west Venezuela

Habitat

For breeding they seem to prefer open areas with sandy soil and scattered bushes.

Behaviour

Diet

Their main diet consists of slow moving flying insects.

Breeding

They dig a tunnel in sandy soil or earth to serve as its nest.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Swallow-winged Puffbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Swallow-winged_Puffbird

External Links

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-[[Image:44584urubuzinho.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by '''[http://www.birdforum.net/member.php?u=44584 Rogerio Araújo Dias]'''<br />Photo taken: [[Brazil]]]]
 '''Alternative names: Swallow-wing; Swallow-wing Puffbird'''
+[[Image:SwallowWingedPuffbirdXP.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Photo by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Xyko Paludo}}<br />Presidente Figueiredo, AM, [[Brazil]], July, 2017]]
 ;[[:Category:Chelidoptera|Chelidoptera]] tenebrosa
 ==Identification==
-Glossy blue-back, white rump and lower back, cinnamon belly, undertail coverts white. It looks plump and has a short tail and broad wings.
+–15 cm (5½-6 in)
+*Glossy blue-back overall plumage
+*White rump and lower back
+*Cinnamon belly
+*White undertail [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
+*Short tail and broad wings
 ==Distribution==
-[[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], the [[Guianas]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].
+[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]]
 ==Taxonomy==
+====Subspecies====
+There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
+*''C. t. tenebrosa'':
+:*East [[Colombia]] to the [[Guianas]], northern [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]] (except sjouth-eastern)
+*''C. t. brasiliensis'':
+:*Coastal south-eastern [[Brazil]]
+*''C. t. pallida'':
+:*North-west [[Venezuela]]
 ==Habitat==
-Moist lowland forests and swamps.
+For breeding they seem to prefer open areas with sandy soil and scattered bushes.
 ==Behaviour==
-It digs a tunnel in sandy soil or earth to serve as its nest.
+====Diet====
+Their main diet consists of slow moving flying insects.
-The diet includes insects caught in flight.
+====Breeding====
+They dig a tunnel in sandy soil or earth to serve as its nest.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
+#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)
+{{ref}}
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Chelidoptera+tenebrosa}}
 [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chelidoptera]]