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Category:Tachycineta

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Genus: Tachycineta

[edit] Description

A genus of New World swallows. Slender in form with forked tails, most species have a metallic green back, green or blue head, and metallic blue or unglossed brown wings. All have pure white underparts, and four species have a white rump.

Tachycineta swallows are mostly at least partially migratory, the exceptions being Golden and Mangrove Swallows. All are cavity nesters.

[edit] Taxonomy

Tachycineta is a genus in the Family Hirundinidae.

Genus Tachycineta view • edit
T. bicolor Tree Swallow
T. stolzmanni Tumbes Swallow
T. albiventer White-winged Swallow
T. leucorrhoa White-rumped Swallow
T. meyeni Chilean Swallow
T. albilinea Mangrove Swallow
T. euchrysea Golden Swallow
T. thalassina Violet-green Swallow
T. cyaneoviridis Bahama Swallow

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