White-rumped swallow
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| White-rumped swallow | |
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| White-rumped swallow in Buenos Aires | |
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| Species: | T. leucorrhoa
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| Tachycineta leucorrhoa | |
The white-rumped swallow (Tachycineta leucorrhoa) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It was first formally described as Hirundo leucorrhoa by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817 in his Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle.[2]
It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]
Pop culture
In the episode of Family Guy "Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows", the swallow is depicted as being a rare species, which is why Peter is forced to keep a nested swallow in his beard, which eventually lays eggs and leaves baby birds.
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1817). Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle, nouvelle édition (in French). Vol. 14. p. 519.
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