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[[Image:Chilean Swallow BirdForum1 copy.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}}<br />Cayucupil, Cañete, [[Chile]], January 2015]] | [[Image:Chilean Swallow BirdForum1 copy.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Luis+R|Luis R}}<br />Cayucupil, Cañete, [[Chile]], January 2015]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
11-13cm (4¼-5 in)<br /> | 11-13cm (4¼-5 in)<br /> | ||
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Closely related to [[White-rumped Swallow]].<br /> | Closely related to [[White-rumped Swallow]].<br /> | ||
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Breeds in holes both natural and man-made. | Breeds in holes both natural and man-made. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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#Arthur Grosset | #Arthur Grosset | ||
#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016) | #Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016) | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tachycineta]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tachycineta]] |
Revision as of 17:06, 14 September 2017
- Tachycineta leucopyga
Identification
11-13cm (4¼-5 in)
Glossy blue-black upperparts with white rump, white underparts including undertail coverts, and grey underwing-coverts.
Distribution
South America: Breeding in Chile, and south-west Argentina. Northern populations are resident while southern populations migrate to Bolivia, Paraguay and south-east Brazil (and according to some sources, to Peru.
Reports of vagrancy to Curaçao might be in error.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Closely related to White-rumped Swallow.
Some authorities formerly used the scientific name Tachycineta meyeni.
Habitat
Open habitats near water, forests, temperate grassland and pastureland.
Behaviour
Often occurs in flocks, especially when not breeding.
Diet
Their insectivorous diet consists of flying ants, flies, beetles and bugs.
Breeding
Breeds in holes both natural and man-made.
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/
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Arthur Grosset
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chilean Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chilean_Swallow