Chilean Swallow

Tachycineta leucopyga - Hirondelle du Chili

Hirondelle du Chili
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Hirundinidés

  • Genus
    :

    Tachycineta

  • Species
    :

    leucopyga

Descriptor

Meyen, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 12 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 15 à 20 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Hirondelle du Chili
subadult
Hirondelle du Chili
adult

Chilean Swallow (Tachycineta leucopyga) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Hirondelle du Chili,
  • Golondrina chilena,
  • andorinha-chilena,
  • Chileschwalbe,
  • Chileense Zwaluw,
  • Rondine del Cile,
  • chilesvala,
  • Patagoniasvale,
  • lastovička patagónska,
  • vlaštovka chilská,
  • Chilesvale,
  • chilenpääsky,
  • oreneta de Xile,
  • nadobniczka biało-niebieska,
  • Чилийская американская ласточка,
  • チリールリツバメ,
  • 白臀树燕,
  • 白臀樹燕〔智利樹燕〕,

Voice song and cries

Hirondelle du Chili
adult

Habitat

Hirondelle du Chili
adult

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland, Urban Areas, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 27-01-2012
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