Chilean Swallow - BirdForum Opus

Photo: Gary Clark
Location: Monumento Natural Lahuen Nadi, near Puerto Montt, Chile.

Tachycineta meyeni

Identification

11-13cm. Glossy blue-black upperparts with white rump, white underparts including undertail coverts, and grey underwing-coverts.

Distribution

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 Curacao might be in error.

Taxonomy

Photo: Gary Clark
Location: Monumento Natural Lahuen Nadi, near Puerto Montt, Chile.

Monotypic. Closely related to White-rumped Swallow.

Habitat

Open habitats near water, temperate grassland and pastureland.

Behaviour

Often occurs in flocks, especially when not breeding.

Breeds in holes both natural and man-made.

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chilean Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chilean_Swallow

Arthur Grosset; Wikipedia

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