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Chilean swallow

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Chilean swallow
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Hirundinidae
Genus:
Tachycineta
Species:
T. meyeni
Binomial name
Tachycineta meyeni
(Cabanis, 1850)
Synonyms

Tachycineta leucopyga

The Chilean swallow (Tachycineta meyeni) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It breeds in Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands with southern birds migrating north as far as Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and possibly Peru.

It is 11-13 centimeters (4.5–5 in) in length. It is glossy blue-black above and white below with a white rump. It is similar to the white-rumped swallow but lacks the white forehead (not always reliable) of that species and has bluer upperparts and grey underwing-coverts.

Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, pastureland, near water, in human areas, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

  1. ^ Template:IUCN


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