- Tachycineta meyeni
Identification
11-13cm
Glossy blue-black upperparts with white rump, white underparts including undertail coverts, and grey underwing-coverts.
Distribution
Breeding in Chile, and south-west Argentina. Northern populations are resident while southern populations migrate to Bolivia, Paraguay and south-east Brazil (and according to some sources, to Peru.
Reports of vagrancy to Curacao might be in error.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Closely related to White-rumped Swallow.
Some authorities use the scientific name Tachycineta leucopyga.
Habitat
Open habitats near water, forests, temperate grassland and pastureland.
Behaviour
Often occurs in flocks, especially when not breeding.
Breeding
Breeds in holes both natural and man-made.
References
- 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.
- Restall et al. 2006. Birds of Northern South America. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300124156
- Arthur Grosset
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chilean Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chilean_Swallow
