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Genus: Tachycineta (9 species)


Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) Range: MA: e and w coast of Mexico to Panama Soberania National Park, Panama Note white line above lore.
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White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer) Range: SA: Colombia to n Argentina Guarinocito, Colombia
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Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Range: NA: widespread Long Point, Ontario, Canada
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Bahama Swallow (Tachycineta cyaneoviridis) Endangered Range: NA: Bahamas and Cuba

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Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) Vulnerable Range: NA: Hispaniola, Jamaica


Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) Range: SA: Southern Cone Sierras de Bellavista, Chile
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White-rumped Swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa) Range: SA: Bolivia to c Brazil and s to c, e Argentina Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.

May rest on the ground, and feed off the ground, even by hovering. Note white line above lore.
Searching for food over a wetland.


Tumbes Swallow (Tachycineta stolzmanni) Range: SA: sw Ecuador and nw Peru Las Salinas, Pomac, Lambayeque, Peru
Photograph by Fernando Angulo Pratolongo © All Rights Reserved.


Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) Range: NA, MA: w USA and w Canada Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA Uniquely colored.
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© Tom Friedel - All Rights Reserved, except for images and data otherwise noted.       Colombia       Panama       Ecuador       Costa Rica       Mexico
Experimental sites:       Peru       Venezuela       The World       Brazil       Bolivia
Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba