- 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
This is a monotypic species[1].
Closely related to White-rumped Swallow.
Habitat
Open habitats near water, forests, temperate grassland and pastureland.
Behaviour
Often occurs in flocks, especially when not breeding.
Breeding
Breeds in holes both natural and man-made.
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
- Arthur Grosset
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