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==Identification==
 
==Identification==

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Juveniles
Photo by Pantanal1
Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Tachycineta albiventer

Identification

13.2 cm

  • Iridescent blue-black upperparts
  • White underparts and rump
  • White edgings to the secondary flight feathers

Sexes are similar
Juvenile plumage is grey brown above apart from the white rump. Some young and sub-adult White winged Swallows show a white rump but little or no white in the wings.

Distribution

From Colombia and Trinidad through South America east of the Andes to northern Argentina.

Vagrant or rare in Panama.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1]. Its closest relative seems to be Mangrove Swallow.

Habitat

Open country near lakes and rivers, forests, mangroves, second growth, sand bars, sand beaches.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes flying insects.

Breeding

Its nest is cup shaped, lined with feathers and some seed down in a tree hole, between boulders or in man-made structures. The clutch consists of 3-6 white eggs.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. [ SACC baseline] read September 2009
  3. Wikipedia
  4. BF Member observations

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