Brown-bellied Swallow - BirdForum Opus

This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it.

Orochelidon murina

Photo by erikat
Villa de Leyva, Boyaca, Colombia, August 1987

Distribution

South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in Notiochelidon.

Subspecies^[1]

There are 3 subspecies:

• O. m. murina :

• Andes of Colombia to southern Peru (Arequipa and Cuzco)

• O. m. meridensis:

• Andes of western Venezuela (Mérida and Trujillo)

• O. m. cyanodorsalis:

• Cordillera of western Bolivia and possibly adjacent Peru (Puno)

Habitat

Paramo, high altitude shrubland, grassland and pastures.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase
3. SACC proposal to rearrange taxonomy of South American Swallows
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Brown-bellied Swallow. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Brown-bellied_Swallow

External Links

Search for photos of Brown-bellied Swallow in the gallery