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[[Image:Blue_and_White_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Picture is of the nominate subspecies ''N.c.cyanoleuca''. <br>Photo by Robert scanlon <br>Location: La Suiza Nature Reserve, near Pereira, [[Colombia]]]]
 
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;[[:category:Pygochelidon|Pygochelidon]] cyanoleuca
 
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[[Image:Blue_and_White_Swallow.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''N.c.cyanoleuca''. <br />Photo by {{user|Robert+Scanlon|Robert Scanlon}} <br />[[La Suiza Nature Reserve]], near Pereira, [[Colombia]]]]
 
''Notiochelidon cyanoleuca''
 
''Notiochelidon cyanoleuca''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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11-12 cm. Dark blue upperparts, white underparts, blackish underwings and undersurface of tail.  '''Juvenile''' - brown above, buff below, and less forked tail.
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11-12 cm
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*Dark blue upperparts
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*White underparts
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*Blackish underwings
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*Glossy black [[Dictionary_A-F#C|crissum]]<br />
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'''Juvenile'''  
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*Brown above
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*Buff below
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*Tail less markedly forked
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[[Image:2008-4110.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Young bird<br />Photo by {{user|Daniesser|Daniesser}}<br />Belo Horizonte/MG [[Brazil]], November 2007]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Nicaragua]] and [[South America]].
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[[Central America|Central]] and [[South America]]:<br />
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'''Central America''': [[Honduras]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Panama]], [[Trinidad]]<br />
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'''South America''': [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]], [[Chile]], [[Argentina]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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The species is also placed in genus [[:Category:Notiochelidon|Notiochelidon]] by some authorities<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
 
Three subspecies are recognized:   
 
Three subspecies are recognized:   
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* The nominate ''N. c. cyanoleuca'' - Nicaragua and [[Trinidad]] south to northwestern [[Argentina]], [[Paraguay]] and [[Uruguay]].
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*''N. c. cyanoleuca'':
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* ''N. c. peruviana'' - [[Peru]] up to 2500m.
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:*Highlands of [[Costa Rica]] to [[Venezuela]], [[Brazil]] and northern [[Argentina]]
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* The migratory southern race, ''N. c. patagonica'', breeding in [[Chile]] and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego.
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*''N. c. peruviana'':
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:*Coastal [[Peru]] (La Libertad to Arequipa)
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The species is also placed in genus [[:Category:Notiochelidon|Notiochelidon]] by some authorities.
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*''N. c. patagonica'':
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:*Central [[Chile]] and [[Argentina]] to Tierra del Fuego
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Common and widespread, especially in agricultural and urban areas upto 4000m. At least in Chile always connected with water.  
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Common and widespread, especially in agricultural and urban areas upto 4000m. At least in [[Chile]] always connected with water.  
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Both sexes build a shallow nest from straw.  6 white eggsare laid and are incubated by both parents for 15 days. Both parents feed the young for 26 days to fledgings. There may be two broods.
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====Breeding====
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Both sexes build a shallow nest from straw.  The clutch consists of 6 white eggs; incubation (15 days) and feeding the young is carried out by both parents until they fledge at about 26 days. There may be two broods.
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====Diet====
 
The diet includes insects caught aerially.
 
The diet includes insects caught aerially.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Notiochelidon+cyanoleuca}}  
 
{{GSearch|Notiochelidon+cyanoleuca}}  
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pygochelidon]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Pygochelidon]]

Revision as of 14:10, 22 June 2010

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Subspecies N.c.cyanoleuca.
Photo by Robert Scanlon
La Suiza Nature Reserve, near Pereira, Colombia

Notiochelidon cyanoleuca

Identification

11-12 cm

  • Dark blue upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Blackish underwings
  • Glossy black crissum

Juvenile

  • Brown above
  • Buff below
  • Tail less markedly forked
Young bird
Photo by Daniesser
Belo Horizonte/MG Brazil, November 2007

Distribution

Central and South America:
Central America: Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad
South America: Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina

Taxonomy

The species is also placed in genus Notiochelidon by some authorities[2].

Subspecies[1]

Three subspecies are recognized:

  • N. c. cyanoleuca:
  • N. c. peruviana:
  • Coastal Peru (La Libertad to Arequipa)
  • N. c. patagonica:

Habitat

Common and widespread, especially in agricultural and urban areas upto 4000m. At least in Chile always connected with water.

Behaviour

Breeding

Both sexes build a shallow nest from straw. The clutch consists of 6 white eggs; incubation (15 days) and feeding the young is carried out by both parents until they fledge at about 26 days. There may be two broods.

Diet

The diet includes insects caught aerially.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. Wikipedia

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External Links

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