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| - | {{incomplete}} | + | [[Image:Golden_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|ssp ''sclateri''<br />Photo by {{user|caribemotion|caribemotion}}<br />Sierra de Bahoruco, [[Dominican Republic]].]] |
| - | [[Image:Golden_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|caribemotion|caribemotion}}<br />Location: Sierra de Bahoruco, [[Dominican Republic]].]] | + | |
| | ;[[: Category:Tachycineta|Tachycineta]] euchrysea | | ;[[: Category:Tachycineta|Tachycineta]] euchrysea |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| - | | + | 12cm. |
| | + | * Strongly iridescent bronzy green to coppery bronze above, often appearing golden |
| | + | * Dusky bronze-green wings and tail |
| | + | * Slightly forked tail |
| | + | * White underparts |
| | + | * Dusky underwing-coverts with bronze-green margins |
| | + | * ''Sclateri'' less golden, with longer wings, smaller bill and deeper tail fork |
| | + | Female similar but duller iwth some grey-brown mottling on breast. Juveniles are duller and browner. |
| | ==Distribution== | | ==Distribution== |
| - | Found on [[Jamaica]] and [[Hispaniola]]. | + | Found on [[Jamaica]] and [[Hispaniola]] ([[Haiti]] and [[Dominican Republic]]).<br /> |
| | + | Has a small and fragmented range and is very rare and local. Only few recent records from [[Jamaica]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| | Two subspecies: | | Two subspecies: |
| | * ''T. e. euchrysea'' on [[Jamaica]] | | * ''T. e. euchrysea'' on [[Jamaica]] |
| | * ''T. e. sclateri'' on [[Hispaniola]] | | * ''T. e. sclateri'' on [[Hispaniola]] |
| | + | Sometimes placed in a separate genus ''Lamprochelidon'' or ''Kalochelidon''. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| - | | + | Humid montane forest and pine forest, also secondary forest. Forages also over open country and cultivation.<br /> |
| | + | Occurs up to 2000m. |
| | ==Behaviour== | | ==Behaviour== |
| - | This species lays only 2-4 eggs per clutch. | + | Breeding season June to July in [[Jamaica]], also April in [[Haiti]].<br /> |
| | + | Nests often colonial. The nest is placed in a cavity like an old woodpecker hole, a dead pine tree, in a cave, among boulders in old mines or in buildings. Lays 2-4 eggs.<br /> |
| | + | A resident species, may move to lower altitudes after breeding. |
| | + | ==References== |
| | + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug11}}#{{Ref-HBWVol9}} |
| | + | {{ref}} |
| | ==External Links== | | ==External Links== |
| | {{GSearch|Tachycineta+euchrysea}} | | {{GSearch|Tachycineta+euchrysea}} |
| | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tachycineta]] | | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tachycineta]] |
Current revision
- Tachycineta euchrysea
[edit] Identification
12cm.
- Strongly iridescent bronzy green to coppery bronze above, often appearing golden
- Dusky bronze-green wings and tail
- Slightly forked tail
- White underparts
- Dusky underwing-coverts with bronze-green margins
- Sclateri less golden, with longer wings, smaller bill and deeper tail fork
Female similar but duller iwth some grey-brown mottling on breast. Juveniles are duller and browner.
[edit] Distribution
Found on Jamaica and Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic).
Has a small and fragmented range and is very rare and local. Only few recent records from Jamaica.
[edit] Taxonomy
Two subspecies:
Sometimes placed in a separate genus Lamprochelidon or Kalochelidon.
[edit] Habitat
Humid montane forest and pine forest, also secondary forest. Forages also over open country and cultivation.
Occurs up to 2000m.
[edit] Behaviour
Breeding season June to July in Jamaica, also April in Haiti.
Nests often colonial. The nest is placed in a cavity like an old woodpecker hole, a dead pine tree, in a cave, among boulders in old mines or in buildings. Lays 2-4 eggs.
A resident species, may move to lower altitudes after breeding.
[edit] References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2004. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 9: Cotingas to Pipits and Wagtails. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334696
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