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[[Image:Cliff Flycatcher Peru.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Stanley+Jones|Stanley Jones}}<br /> Photo taken Cordillera Escalera, northeast of Tarapoto, Amazonas Department, [[Peru]],Nov., 2013]]
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;[[:category:Hirundinea|Hirundinea]] ferruginea
[[Image:Cliff_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by Arthur Grosset <P>Esparito Santo, Brazil]]
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'''Includes Swallow Flycatcher'''
 
 
This is a widespread tropical flycatcher.
 
 
 
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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[[Image:18737gibao.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Swallow Flycatcher<br />Photo by {{user|Aracari|Aracari}}<br />Monte Verde, MG, [[Brazil]], January 2007]]
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*Brown upperparts
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*Paler brown underparts
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*Cinnamon rufous-rump and base of the tail
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:C pia de DSC07118.JPG|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|jocateme|jocateme}}<br />Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, [[Brazil]], January 2008]]
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This is a widespread tropical flycatcher of [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]], [[Guyana]], [[Suriname]], [[French Guiana]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]], [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Argentina]].
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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[[File:Cliff_Flycatcher_gmm.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|gmmv80|Guillermo Menendez}}<br />Cuchilla de Laureles, Tacuarembo, [[Uruguay]], 31 January 2021]]
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====Subspecies====
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''H. f. sclateri'':
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:*Eastern Andes of [[Colombia]] to western [[Venezuela]] and eastern [[Peru]] (south to Cuzco)
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*''H. f. ferruginea'':
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:*Extreme eastern [[Colombia]] to south-eastern [[Venezuela]], the [[Guianas]] and north-western [[Brazil]]
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*''H. f. bellicosa'':
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:*Southern and eastern Brazil to eastern [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and north-eastern [[Argentina]]
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*''H. f. pallidior'':
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:*Northern and eastern [[Bolivia]] to western Paraguay and north-western Argentina
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''Bellicosa'' is sometimes accepted as full species, '''Swallow Flycatcher'''.
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Cliffs, rocks, canyons, forests,
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.
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====Breeding====
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It nests on cliffs and buildings.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/7B20FC9D]. Retrieved 19 February 2021
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#BirdLife International
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#Arthur Grosset
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Hirundinea+ferruginea}}  
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{{GSearch|"Hirundinea ferruginea" {{!}} "Cliff Flycatcher"}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Hirundinea]]

Latest revision as of 18:34, 21 June 2023

Photo by Stanley Jones
Photo taken Cordillera Escalera, northeast of Tarapoto, Amazonas Department, Peru,Nov., 2013
Hirundinea ferruginea

Includes Swallow Flycatcher

Identification

Swallow Flycatcher
Photo by Aracari
Monte Verde, MG, Brazil, January 2007
  • Brown upperparts
  • Paler brown underparts
  • Cinnamon rufous-rump and base of the tail

Distribution

Photo by jocateme
Itatiaia National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, January 2008

This is a widespread tropical flycatcher of South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina.

Taxonomy

Photo © by Guillermo Menendez
Cuchilla de Laureles, Tacuarembo, Uruguay, 31 January 2021

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • H. f. sclateri:
  • H. f. ferruginea:
  • H. f. bellicosa:
  • H. f. pallidior:
  • Northern and eastern Bolivia to western Paraguay and north-western Argentina

Bellicosa is sometimes accepted as full species, Swallow Flycatcher.

Habitat

Cliffs, rocks, canyons, forests,

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects which are hawked aerially.

Breeding

It nests on cliffs and buildings.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/7B20FC9D]. Retrieved 19 February 2021
  3. BirdLife International
  4. Arthur Grosset

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External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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