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#Turner, A. (2019). Chilean Swallow (''Tachycineta meyeni''). 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/57708 on 25 January 2019).
 
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Revision as of 10:23, 25 January 2019

Photo by Luis R
Cayucupil, Cañete, Chile, January 2015
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

  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. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
  3. Arthur Grosset
  4. Marion, J. S. (2010). Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.chiswa1.01
  5. Turner, A. (2019). Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta meyeni). 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/57708 on 25 January 2019).

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