Golden Swallow

Tachycineta euchrysea - Hirondelle dorée

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Hirundinidés
Genus
:
Tachycineta
Species
:
euchrysea

Descriptor

Gosse, 1847

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 11 à 15 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Golden Swallow (Tachycineta euchrysea) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Tachycineta euchrysea euchrysea (Jamaica)
Tachycineta euchrysea sclateri (Hispaniola)

Foreign names

Hirondelle dorée,
Golondrina dorada,
andorinha-dourada,
Antillenschwalbe,
Goudzwaluw,
Rondine dorata,
bronssvala,
Bronsesvale,
lastovička zlatá,
vlaštovka antilská,
Glanssvale,
kultapääsky,
oreneta daurada,
nadobniczka złotawa,
Золотистая американская ласточка,
キンイロツバメ,
金色树燕,
金樹燕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Sources of information

Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti, Steven Latta
Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
ARKive, Christopher Parsons
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.

Other sources of interest