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[[Image:SwallowWingedPuffbirdXP.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Nominate subspecies<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Xyko+Paludo|Francisco Paludo}}<br />Presidente Figueiredo, AM, [[Brazil]], 12 July 2017]]
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'''Alternative names: Swallow-wing; Swallow-wing Puffbird; Swallow-winged Puffbird'''
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;[[:Category:Chelidoptera|Chelidoptera]] tenebrosa
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==Identification==
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14–15 cm (5½-6 in)
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*Glossy blue-back overall plumage
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*White rump and lower back
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*Cinnamon belly
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*White undertail [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
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*Short tail and broad wings
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====Variations====
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Subspecies ''C. t. pallida'' and ''C. t. brasiliensis'' are paler and have more white on the belly.
  
;Chelidoptera tenebrosa
 
[[Image:44584urubuzinho.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Rogerio Araújo Dias<br />Photo taken: Brazil.]]
 
==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.
 
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Brazil]], [[Bolivia]], [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], the [[Guianas]], [[French Guiana]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[Peru]], and [[Venezuela]].
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[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''C. t. tenebrosa'':
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:*East [[Colombia]] to the [[Guianas]], northern [[Bolivia]] and [[Brazil]] (except sjouth-eastern)
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*''C. t. brasiliensis'':
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:*Coastal south-eastern [[Brazil]]
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*''C. t. pallida'':
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:*North-west [[Venezuela]]
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==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Moist lowland forests and swamps.
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For breeding they seem to prefer open areas with sandy soil and scattered bushes.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
It digs a tunnel in sandy soil or earth to serve as its nest.
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Usually seen perched in the open high on dead branches along riverbanks, often in pairs or small groups
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====Breeding====
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They dig an oblique tunnel in sandy soil or earth to serve as its nest. Clutch is one or two eggs.
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====Diet====
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Their main diet consists of slow moving flying insects including Hymenoptera and Coleoptera
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====Vocalisation====
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Twittering song often given in flight; common call is high clear ''tsi-tsi-tsi''
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====Movements====
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Resident
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#[https://avibase.ca/B2B4CA58 Avibase]
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#Rasmussen, P.C. & Collar, N. (2019). Swallow-winged Puffbird (''Chelidoptera tenebrosa''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/55987 on 7 July 2019).
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#Swallow-winged Puffbird (''Chelidoptera tenebrosa''), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/swwpuf1
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{{ref}}
  
The diet includes insects caught in flight.
 
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Chelidoptera+tenebrosa}}
 
{{GSearch|Chelidoptera+tenebrosa}}
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{{GS-checked}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chelidoptera]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 25 September 2023

Nominate subspecies
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Presidente Figueiredo, AM, Brazil, 12 July 2017

Alternative names: Swallow-wing; Swallow-wing Puffbird; Swallow-winged Puffbird

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

Variations

Subspecies C. t. pallida and C. t. brasiliensis are paler and have more white on the belly.

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:
  • C. t. brasiliensis:
  • C. t. pallida:

Habitat

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

Behaviour

Usually seen perched in the open high on dead branches along riverbanks, often in pairs or small groups

Breeding

They dig an oblique tunnel in sandy soil or earth to serve as its nest. Clutch is one or two eggs.

Diet

Their main diet consists of slow moving flying insects including Hymenoptera and Coleoptera

Vocalisation

Twittering song often given in flight; common call is high clear tsi-tsi-tsi

Movements

Resident

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Rasmussen, P.C. & Collar, N. (2019). Swallow-winged Puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/55987 on 7 July 2019).
  4. Swallow-winged Puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa), In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. retrieved from Neotropical Birds Online: https://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/swwpuf1

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.

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