- Atticora melanoleuca
Identification
- Tail long and deeply forked
- Shiny blue-black above
- White throat, chest and belly
- Narrow black band separating chest and throat (brown in juvenile, which however has a deeper forked tail than Bank Swallow)
- Black vent-area (brown in juvenile)
- Underside of wings medium brown (coverts) or pale brown (flight feathers)
Distribution
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and southern Venezuela.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
SACC has recently moved this species to genus Pygochelidon; Opus is waiting to see what the world-wide checklists do.[3]
Habitat
Near rivers with rapids and boulders.
Behaviour
They often form large flocks on boulders in blackwater rivers.
Diet
The diet includes blackflies.
Breeding
It nests in crevices in rocks.
References
- 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.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- SACC proposal to change the genus of some swallows
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-collared Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-collared_Swallow
