Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta thalassina - Hirondelle à face blanche
Systematics
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Order:
Passeriformes
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Family:
Hirundinidés
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Genus:
Tachycineta
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Species:
thalassina
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 13 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 14 à 16 g
Geographic range
Identification
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) is a species of bird in the Hirundinidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Tachycineta thalassina thalassina (c Alaska, w Canada, w USA and nw Mexico)
- Tachycineta thalassina brachyptera (c and s Baja California and w Sonora. nw Mexico.)
Foreign names
- Hirondelle à face blanche,
- Golondrina verdemar,
- andorinha-lustrosa,
- Veilchenschwalbe,
- Groene Zwaluw,
- Rondine verdeviola,
- violettgrön svala,
- Talassinsvale,
- lastovička smaragdová,
- vlaštovka zelená,
- Smaragdsvale,
- viherpääsky,
- oreneta carablanca,
- nadobniczka białoskrzydła,
- greznā bezdelīga,
- Фиолетово-зелёная американская ласточка,
- スミレミドリツバメ,
- 紫绿树燕,
- 紫綠樹燕,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Desert : Hot ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Swallows and Martins, Angela Turner
- Vol. 9 - Handbook of the Birds of the world, Josep del Hoyo - Andrew Elliot - David Christie
- ARKive, Christopher Parsons
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v13.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2023.
Other sources of interest
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